intentional fallacy
intentional fallacy · intentional fallacies
The idea that an author's intentions should constrain the ways in which a text is…The idea that an author's intentions should constrain the ways in which a text is properly interpreted, when regarded as an informal fallacy.
Meaning
1 sensesThe idea that an author's intentions should constrain the ways in which a text is properly interpreted, when regarded as an informal fallacy.
Forms
plural: intentional fallacies| Singular | intentional fallacy |
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Word family
1 related wordsRelatedauthorial intent