Julian Barnes' new novel explores big questions
- Written by Janna Thompson, Professor of Philosophy, La Trobe University
Julian the Apostate presiding at a conference of sectarians – Edward Armitage (1875).Public domainNo standard or rule can settle the question of what something means, says the philosopher Wittgenstein. To apply a standard or a rule correctly you have to interpret it, and that interpretation requires an interpretation, and so on.
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