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The Poetics of (Philosophical) Interpretation

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Exercises in Constructive Imagination

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Simple, radical ways of expressing the main thesis of this paper are given by the following (equivalent) statements: there is no such thing as philosophical secondary literature, the relevant concept has no application, its extension is empty. But of course such statements need unpacking.

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Bencivenga, E. (2001). The Poetics of (Philosophical) Interpretation. In: Exercises in Constructive Imagination. Topoi Library, vol 3. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0952-2_8

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