Li Shang-yin’s ‘The Ornamented Zither’ as a Test Case for Analytic Theories of Interpretation
Li Shang-yin’s ‘The Ornamented Zither’ as a Test Case for Analytic Theories of Interpretation

Summary/Abstract: In this paper I test major analytic theories of interpretation, including anti-intentionalism, the value-maximizing theory, actual intentionalism, and hypothetical intentionalism, against Li Shangyin’s poem ‘The Ornamented Zither’. I argue that, based on the results of the test, all of these theories face grave difficulties. If their supporters want their accounts to be sustained in the debate over interpretation, they need to address the worries I raise.

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