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1. Philosophy / H. Continental Philosophy / 3. Hermeneutics

23449	Interpreting a text is representing it as making sense [Morris,M]
	Full Idea: Interpreting a text is a matter of making sense of it. And to make sense of a text is to represent it as making sense.
	From: Michael Morris (Guidebook to Wittgenstein's Tractatus [2008], Intro.2)
	A reaction: 'Making sense' is obviously not a very precise or determinate concept. It is probably better to say that the process is 'trying' to make sense of the text, because most texts don't totally make sense.