Developing concept

Interpretive Provisionality

How consequential interpretations can remain useful, contextual, and open to revision.

A developing normative inquiry drawing on hermeneutic, clinical, and epistemological traditions.

Area of inquiry

The research examines how institutions signal uncertainty, respond to new evidence, and make correction possible across records and connected systems.

Questions in development

This line of inquiry considers both language and institutional practice: who may reopen an account, and whether revisions travel as readily as original claims.

References and further reading

  1. Ricoeur, Paul. 1992. Oneself as Another. Translated by Kathleen Blamey. University of Chicago Press.
  2. World Health Organization. 2021. Ethics and Governance of Artificial Intelligence for Health: WHO Guidance.