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<p> Informative, insightful <br> --American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly

A painstaking analysis of the act and art of interpretation. While I would take issue with some of Vandevelde's points (although not with his criticism of the early Fish) I agree completely with his contention that a claim to rightness is essential to any act of interpretation that is offered seriously. <br> --Stanley Fish, University of Illinois at Chicago <br>

"""Challenging traditional approaches to interpretation on both sides of the Atlantic, Vandevelde argues trenchantly that the practice of interpretation, as both an event and an act, involves a process of justification that appeals to one or more distinct but interrelated levels of meaning: author's intention, textual meaning, and representative content. A masterful display of erudition and command of contemporary theories.-- ""Daniel Dahlstrom, Boston University"" A painstaking analysis of the act and art of interpretation. While I would take issue with some of Vandevelde's points (although not with his criticism of the early Fish) I agree completely with his contention that a ""claim to rightness"" is essential to any act of interpretation that is offered seriously.-- ""Stanley Fish, University of Illinois at Chicago"" Informative, insightful. .. . far more than a collection of essays.-- ""American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly"" Pol Vandevelde has written a fresh and compendious book about interpretation as negotiation. He draws upon various philosophical traditions to illuminate a range of central issues in the philosophy of interpretation. Vandevelde is skillful, thoughtful, and imaginative. The Task of the Interpreter should become a standard text in the field.-- ""Michael Krausz, Bryn Mawr College"""

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Pol Vandevelde is associate professor of philosophy at Marquette University. He is the author of ætre et discours. La question du langage dans l'itineraire de Heidegger (1927Ð1938).

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