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21. Philosophy in the Contemporary World: Volume > 12 > Issue: 1
Hans Günter Dosch Interpretation of Musical Harmony
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In this contribution, a scientific interpretation of musical harmony is understood as a description in an adequate frame of symbolic forms (in the sense of Cassirer), rather than as a final explanation. I describe different interpretations of musical harmony from the time of the Pythagoreans until the present times. It is noted that a symbolic interpretation of Helmholtz (in the sense of his theory of signs), which was criticized as incomplete by Ernst Mach, is recognized as adequate by Arnold Schönberg.
22. Philosophy in the Contemporary World: Volume > 12 > Issue: 1
Hans Poser The Interpretation of Technology
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The central thesis of this paper is that technological artifacts essentially depend on a special type of interpretation. Starting fom thedifference between science and engineering on the one side and between artifacts of fine arts and technological artifacts on the other side, it is shown that the latter ones need a ‘teleological interpretation’ which is singular and excludes a multitude of interpretations.
23. Philosophy in the Contemporary World: Volume > 12 > Issue: 1
Rajendra K. Saxena, Anita Sheoran, Giridhari L. Pandit How Not to Interpret the Advances of Biotechnology
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The authors suggest that it is the indeterminate limits of biotechnology that invite a multiplicity of interpretations of it. They note that incongruent interpretations of biotechnology arise from competing long-term human interests and from competing uses of language. They propose to resolve the opposition between incongruent interpretations by being more precise about what exactly is being debated in the name of biotechnology.
24. Philosophy in the Contemporary World: Volume > 12 > Issue: 1
Michael Krausz Replies: Interpretation and Codes of Culture
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25. Philosophy in the Contemporary World: Volume > 12 > Issue: 1
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