The meaning of interpretation, like the Greek physis, will keep evolving over centuries.

Evidence

The word “physis” underwent a number of changes in Greek thought until it came to mean pretty much whatwe call “nature.” I am sure that over the centuries to come, the word “interpretation” will similarly change its meanings to cover a broadened horizon of thinking and to fit new needs and practices. — Freeman Tilden, Interpreting Our Heritage, 555

Categorization

  • XREF: Ties to ch10’s admission that interpretation cannot be fully captured by any single fixed definition. — connects to: Tilden extended interpretation to include adult education as a larger concept — Freeman Tilden, Interpreting Our Heritage, 61; Philosophy advances by continually reinterpreting its past classics; Formal concepts retain traces of the historical phenomena that produced them — Fredric Jameson, Marxism and Form, 679

Broader Connections