Art of explication

=The art of explication=

Purpose
This mini-wiki invites users to contribute ideas and experiences relating to the idea and practice of explication.

About explication
The idea and process of explication is, perhaps, most commonly associated with an analysis and discusson of the written word. In this practice, the purpose of explication is to understand better what the writer is writing about... to 'read between the lines' and to uncover what is implicit in the text.

Uncovering the implicit

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Hyperlinks dealing with explication de texte
There are some good websites that deal with explication de texte, and among these, Baker's webpage "Critical concepts: Explication versus analysis", is arguably the most thorough and convincing.

Other interpretations and meanings
The idea and practice of explication is not, however, expressed only within literary cricism. Rather, from a search of the internet, it is clear that the term "explication" is used widely among different communities and within different (professional and scholarly) disciplines. The next subsections will deal briefly with each of these.

Explication as a scientific process

 * Arising from Carnap's work (Logical foundations of probability), explication can be regarded as a scientific process which which transforms and replaces "an inexact prescientific concept" (which he calls the explicandum), with a "new exact concept" (which he calls the explicatum).

Explication in psychotherapy

 * In psychotherapy, explication is involved with helping clients to unfold and understand the meaning structures which determine their attitudes and behaviours. In this context, Sachse (nd) writes,


 * “A clarification or explication process requires a client to face the relevant parts of his meaning structures by putting forward relevant questions. These questions first aim at describing a problem, but later aim at clarifying the client's feelings and the felt meanings determined by aspects of the problem. Eventually, these questions aim at explication of the problem-determined meaning structures.”

Heuristic research

 * The idea and practice of explication is also involved in heuristic research, and in particular, is associated with a research model published in 1990 by Moustakasin his book Heuristic Research: Design, Methodology, and Applications.

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=Experiences of explication=

From our glimpses of explication practised by different professions and disciplines, it is clear that explication treats the implicit so as to reveal greater insight, knowledge and understanding.

In this part of our wiki we welcome hearing about other people's experiences with explication. To add to this wiki, either you can add content here, or alternatively, you can use the box at the top of this page to add a new page.

=Concluding ideas and remarks= More soon..

=References= Carnap, R. (1950) Logical foundations of probability, University of Chicago Press, Illinois.

Moustakas, C. (1990). Heuristic research: Design, methodology, and applications. Newbury park, California: Sage Publications, Inc.

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