我们需要怎样的阅读伦理？——回看罗蒂与艾柯、卡勒有关阐释限度的论争

在与艾柯、卡勒等人有关“阐释的限度”的论争中，罗蒂不仅以富于反讽性的论说策略对实用主义的阐释观做了生动的演绎，还通过一系列兼具力度与新意的论辩，将实用主义的哲学逻辑、文学诉求与政治考量渐次展开。其“阐释即使用”的主张提供了一条极有价值的思路：阐释的焦点不在限度而在目的和需要，因为后者关联着更大的难题，既是伦理难题，更是政治难题。

What Kind of Ethics of Reading Do We Need?——Reviewing the Rorty‘s Debate with Eco and Culler on the Limit of Interpretation

In the debate on the “limits of interpretation” with Eco, Culler and others, Richard Rorty not only made a vivid illumination of the pragmatic points of interpretation with ironic theory strategy, but also unfolded the philosophical logic, literary appeal and political considerations of pragmatism systematically through a series of arguments with both strength and originality. His “interpretation-for-use” proposition provides a valuable train of thought: the focus of the issue of interpretation is not the limit but the purpose or the need, because the latter is associated with a more tough problem, both ethical and political.