Dictionary Definition
explication
Noun
1 the act of making clear or removing obscurity
from the meaning of a word or symbol or expression etc.
2 a detailed explanation of the meaning of
something
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -eɪʃǝn
Noun
- The act of opening, unfolding, or explaining; explanation; exposition; interpretation.
- The sense given by an expositor.
Related terms
French
Pronunciation
- lang=fr|/ɛk.spli.ka.sjɔ̃/
- /Ek.spli.ka.sjO~/
Noun
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Extensive Definition
About explication
Introduction
The idea and practice of explication is rooted in the verb to explicate, which concerns the process of "unfolding", of "making clear" the meaning of things, of "spreading out to view" that which is implicit.According to Carnap, explication can be regarded
as a scientific process which transforms and replaces "an inexact
prescientific concept" (which he calls the explicandum), with a
"new exact concept" (which he calls the explicatum). A thesis which
describes and explains the new explicit knowledge is usually called
an "Explication".
Explication as a verb.. and explication as a noun
When working with explication, it is essential to be clear, and to make clear whether you are dealing with the explication process (and hence working with the verb or gerund) or dealing with the work which documents, describes and explains the new knowledge, i.e the Explication itself (a noun).Explication and literary criticism
Explication is often associated with its use in
literary
criticism, specifically explication
de texte, where additional understandings and meanings are
derived from the "close
reading" of a poem, novel or play.
In this process explication often involves a
line-by-line or episode-by-episode commentary on what is going on
in a text. While initially this might seem reasonably innocuous,
explication
de texte, and explication per se, is an interpretative process
where the resulting new knowledge, new insights or new meanings,
are open to subsequent debate and disaffirmation by others.
Explication in other discourses
Along with its use in literary criticism, other
disciplines and professions employ the idea and practice of
explication, such as those summarized in The
Scratchpad Wikia - art of explication. In addition On Explicationis devoted to the idea
and practice of explication.
Reference
Carnap, R. (1950). Logical foundations of probability, University of Chicago Press, Illinois.See also
explication in Danish:
Eksplikation