Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The belief or assumption that the meanings of a text are determined mainly by the stated or implied intentions of the author.
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- noun the theory that the
meaning of anytext is determined by theintentions of itsauthor , whetherstated or not
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Examples
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Problem is, says Carey, we don’t have access to these intentions … intentionalism is easily dismissed … what we are left with is this religious type transcendental knowledge/authority whose verdict cannot be questioned, which automatically overrides personal, subjective opinion.
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Problem is, says Carey, we don’t have access to these intentions … intentionalism is easily dismissed … what we are left with is this religious type transcendental knowledge/authority whose verdict cannot be questioned, which automatically overrides personal, subjective opinion.
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Adherents of "intentionalism" claim that the only legitimate interpretation of words is according to what the speaker intended.
Patterico's Pontifications Patterico 2010
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Adherents of "intentionalism" claim that the only legitimate interpretation of words is according to what the speaker intended.
Patterico's Pontifications Patterico 2010
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Adherents of "intentionalism" claim that the only legitimate interpretation of words is according to what the speaker intended.
Patterico's Pontifications Patterico 2010
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Adherents of "intentionalism" claim that the only legitimate interpretation of words is according to what the speaker intended.
Patterico's Pontifications Patterico 2010
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Adherents of "intentionalism" claim that the only legitimate interpretation of words is according to what the speaker intended.
Patterico's Pontifications Patterico 2010
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I also believe in a fluidity in interpretation that intentionalism squashes.
Sunday Salon: A Poem is not what I Choose to make of it 2009
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In 1986 for example, there is one objection to intentionalism that is particularly tiresome.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Robert Bork and the Contradictions of Conservatism: 2009
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The most common hard arguments contend that originalism is entailed either by intentionalism or by binding constitutionalism.
Originalism is Bunk, Says Berman Robert L. Tsai 2009
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