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 +[[Image:Sign and signifier as imagined by de Saussure.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Signified]] ([[concept]]) and [[signifier]] ([[sound-image]]) as imagined by [[Ferdinand de Saussure|de Saussure]]]]
 +[[Image:The Winter (1563) by Arcimboldo in the Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien.jpg |thumb|left|200px|''[[The Winter]]'' (1563) by [[Giuseppe Arcimboldo|Arcimboldo]]
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 +"In place of a [[hermeneutics]] we need an erotics of [[art]]" --''[[Against Interpretation]]'', Susan Sontag
 +]]
 +[[Image:The Heart Has Its Reasons by Odilon Redon.jpg |thumb|right|200px|''[[The heart has its reasons, of which reason knows nothing]]'' (c.[[1887]]) by [[Odilon Redon]], a phrase from the ''[[Pensées]]'' ([[1669]]) by [[Blaise Pascal]]]]
 +[[Image:Iconologia.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''[[Iconologia]]'' (1593) by [[Cesare Ripa]] was an [[emblem book]] highly influential on [[Baroque]] imagery]]
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-:''[[dream interpretation]], [[Against Interpretation]], [[hermeneutics]]'' 
-# The act of interpreting; [[explanation]] of what is [[obscure]]; [[translation]]; [[version]]; [[construction]]; as, the interpretation of a foreign language, of a [[dream]], or of an [[enigma]].+'''Interpretation''' is the act of interpreting; [[explanation]] of what is [[obscure]]; [[translation]]; [[version]]; [[construction]]; as, the interpretation of a foreign language, of a [[dream]], or of an [[enigma]].
-# The sense given by an interpreter; exposition or explanation given; meaning; as, commentators give various interpretations of the same passage of Scripture.+
-# The power or explaining.+
-# An artist's way of expressing his thought or embodying his conception of nature.+
-# The act or process of applying general principles or formulae to the explanation of the results obtained in special cases.+
-'''Interpretation''' is a term used in informal education settings to describe any communication process designed to reveal [[meaning]]s and relationships of [[cultural artifact]]s.+It may also refer to:
-An '''interpretation''' can be the part of a presentation or portrayal of information altered in order to conform to a specific set of symbols. This may be a [[spoken]], [[written]], [[picture|pictorial]], [[mathematical]], [[sculpture|sculptural]], [[film|cinematic]], [[geometric]] or any other form of language. Complex meanings may be evoked where the reader consciously or unconsciously cross-references the text by situating it within broader frames of experience and knowledge. +== Philosophy ==
 +* [[Interpretation (philosophy)]], the assignment of meanings to various concepts, symbols, or objects under consideration
 +* [[Interpretation (logic)]], an assignment of meaning to the symbols of a formal language
 +* ''[[De Interpretatione]]'', a work by Aristotle
 +* [[Hermeneutics]], the study of interpretation theory
 +* [[Exegesis]], a critical explanation or interpretation of a text
-There are three things that allow interpretation to occur, and these are all interlinked and interdependable: the [[writer]], the [[text]] and the [[reader]]. Through the act of interpretation the reader is the one creating meaning; the meaning of the text intended by the writer is potentially overlooked or ignored. The reader produces meaning by participating in a complex of socially defined and enforced practices. Interpretation is an active process of producing values and meanings, a process that always occurs within specific cultural and political contexts, directly linked to the world in which the reader lives.+==Language==
 +* [[Language interpretation]], the facilitation of dialogue between parties using different languages
 +* [[Interpretation of tongues]], a supernatural ability to understand unknown languages
 +* [[Semantics]], the study of meaning in words, phrases, signs, and symbols
-The purpose of interpretation would normally be to increase the possibility of understanding, but sometimes, as in [[propaganda]] or [[brainwashing]], the purpose may be to evade understanding and increase confusion. {{GFDL}}+==Art, literature and performance==
 +* [[Interpretatio graeca]]
 +* [[Aesthetic interpretation]], an explanation of the meaning of a work of art
 +* [[Oral interpretation]], a dramatic art
 +* [[Literary theory]], methods for interpreting literature including historicism, feminism, structuralism, deconstruction, et cetera
 +* [[Interpretation (music)]], the process of a performer deciding how to perform music that has been previously composed
 + 
 +==Other uses==
 +* [[Allegorical interpretation]], an approach that assumes a text should not be interpreted literally
 +* [[Biblical interpretation]], the study of the principles of interpretation concerning the books of the Bible
 +* ''[[Interpretation of Schizophrenia]]'', a 1955 book by Italy-born American psychiatrist Silvano Arieti
 +* [[Psychoanalysis]], interpretation of a patient's unconscious feelings
 + 
 +==See also==
 +* [[Ambiguity]]
 +* ''[[The Interpretation of Dreams]]'', a 1899 book by psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud
 +* [[Interpretation of dreams]]
 +* [[Translation]]
 +* ''[[Against Interpretation]]'' by Susan Sontag
 +*[[Hermeneutics]]
 +*[[Meaning]]
 + 
 +{{GFDL}}

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Interpretation is the act of interpreting; explanation of what is obscure; translation; version; construction; as, the interpretation of a foreign language, of a dream, or of an enigma.

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