nterpreted, becauseof the way the project was structured, the results hold for any text where the aim is to communicatepropositions. To properly interpret Descartes we have to understand how his writings form a contribution to anongoing philosophical tradition of inquiry where certain questions are understood as significant and requiringanswer, where certain theoretical tools are considered useful for that purpose, and where certain terms anddefinitions are taken for granted. Sociological interpretations may help, but they can't replace philosophicalinterpretations-interpretations that interpret the text as a contribution to a philosophical tradition. In the end then,I suspect that the modesty of Gracia's project actually, extends his results beyond their intended scope andleaves the question of the interpretation of revealed texts as a corollary of a more general theory of theinterpretation of texts written to convey prepositional content. ...
