Definition as Situated Interpretational Vector Response to Commentaries

Engler S, Gardiner MQ (2024)


Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2024

Journal

Book Volume: 24

Pages Range: 277-290

Journal Issue: 2

DOI: 10.1163/15700593-02402005

Abstract

This short piece responds to the sixteen commentaries included in this special issue of Aries, each of which addressed aspects of our target article, ‘(Re)defining Esotericism: Fluid Definitions, Property Clusters and the Cross-Cultural Debate’. We reaffirm our approach with a metaphor: defining is a process of guiding interpretation in a certain direction from a certain starting point; and academic disciplines, like the study of esotericism, provide especially useful contexts for situating such semantic vectors. The response addresses issues of disciplinary context, the nature of consensus and philosophical views of meaning.

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APA:

Engler, S., & Gardiner, M.Q. (2024). Definition as Situated Interpretational Vector Response to Commentaries. Aries - Journal for the Study of Western Esotericism, 24(2), 277-290. https://doi.org/10.1163/15700593-02402005

MLA:

Engler, Steven, and Mark Q. Gardiner. "Definition as Situated Interpretational Vector Response to Commentaries." Aries - Journal for the Study of Western Esotericism 24.2 (2024): 277-290.

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