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Introducing explication |
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| explication is different from explication de texte | |
| on explication: "Explication offers an interesting departure from other methods of philosophical analysis in that an explicating concept need not be true to all the uses of the explicated concept. Note that explication should not be confused with explanation. Explication transforms concepts, making them more precise, while explanation chiefly seeks to answer “why?” questions." Williamson, J. (2011). "Ideas of the century: Explication 49/50", The Philosophers Magazine, Issue 50. |
on explication de texte: "English is fortunate in making use of two related but distinctive terms: explanation, which is more general, and explication, which has been specialized, whereas French must make do with a single word for both purports, explication. Hence its particular application to literature must be specified by explication de texte... To explain is literally to flatten, to smooth out, while to explicate is to unfold, to disentangle. The latter seems to connote not simply an act of elucidation, but such prior acts of convolution or obscuration as have made it necessary..." Levin, H. (1984). "The Implication of Explication", Poetics Today, Vol.5:1, pp.97-109. |
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| explication is concerned with making the implicit explicit.. (more) | explication is an appropriate methodology for philosophy.. (more) |
| explication consists in replacing a vague or otherwise defective pre-theoretical concept, the explicandum, with a better one, the explicatum.. (more) | explication is an integral part of the linguistic conventions and professional activities of various communities of practice.. (more) |
| explication is inherently concerned with the explicator's own world view | explication is a form of experiential learning.. (more) |
| +++ updated: 21 May 2013 +++ | |