In response to Jacob Wheeler's post "The Correct Interpretation" (March 31, 2012):
What, exactly, does the term 'correct interpretation' mean? Surely it does not mean the only interpretation with merit; if interpreting a work correctly means interpreting it according to the author's intentions, that would imply that other interpretations are worthless. This is clearly not the case, as stated in the post above. Alternate interpretations, particularly if they follow easily from the work and as such become popular amongst readers and society in general, can have great value.
Perhaps 'correct' means 'best.' In this case, one must wonder why precisely the author's interpretation is the best. Possibly it is the most valid or truthful, but I am not certain why this would be the case either.
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