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The 16 pages that link to Interpretation, each with the reason it gives.

• HermeneuticsNarrower topic: Hermeneutics is a sustained account of how interpretation works and what can justify it.

• Literary translationCompared with: Its immediacy contrasts with the revision and sustained stylistic work possible in literary translation.

• SymbolRelated: A symbol’s meaning emerges through acts of interpretation, not only its visible form.

• Thick descriptionNarrower topic: Thick description is a form of interpretation grounded in cultural context.

• Formal semanticsRelated: It is the central mathematical act that turns formal expressions into meanings.

• ParsingCompared with: Parsing identifies program structure; interpretation gives that structure operational effect.

• Reception historyNarrower topic: Reception history follows interpretation as it changes across audiences and periods.

• Susan SontagRelated: Sontag questioned criticism that searches for meanings beneath an artwork’s surface.

• BytecodeRelated: Bytecode is frequently interpreted, though bytecode itself is a representation, not an execution method.

• ArtRelated: An artwork’s meaning can shift with its form, context, and audience.

• Josiah RoyceRelated: Royce treated interpretation as an ongoing, potentially communal process.

• Theater criticismRelated: A review makes its central interpretive claims through evidence from the production.

• ExplanationCompared with: Interpretation clarifies meaning, while explanation may instead account for causes or operation.

• Beyond Good and EvilRelated: Nietzsche treats philosophical theories as interpretations shaped by their authors’ drives and values.

• Arthur DantoRelated: For Danto, interpretation helps constitute an object as the artwork it is.

• Essentially contested conceptRelated: Competing interpretations specify what an essentially contested concept requires or values.