Skip to content
Carmelics
TopicsThinkersChangesContributorsLoading account…

    Carmelics

    A reasoning platform. Break down any belief into clear reasons, explore both sides, and weigh the evidence honestly.

    Navigate

    • Topics
    • Search
    • Recent Changes
    • Contribute
    • How It Works
    • Glossary
    • Thinkers
    • Contributors
    • About
    • Statistics
    • Terms
    • Privacy

    Database

    Statements
    —
    Perspectives
    —
    Topics
    —

    Press ? for keyboard shortcuts

    LoyalLoyalJusticeJustice
    Made withinDC&Austin
    Statements
    321,452
    Perspectives
    108,905
    Topics
    42
    The author's intention carries some evidential weight in ... — Carmelics
    Home/Aesthetics
    HistoryEditSee Inverse

    The author's intention carries some evidential weight in textual interpretation.

    Aesthetics
    ?Rate how convincing each reason is below to see the overall strength.
    1 reason for
    2 reasons against

    Reasons For

    1 perspective
    Reason for
    ?
    • 1.The fact that author's intention is not always decisive does not entail that it carries no evidential weight at all.
      ?

      Think about whether this reason is strong or weak

    • 2.In some cases, author's intention can tip the scales in favor of one reading over another.
      ?

      Think about whether this reason is strong or weak

    Reasons Against

    2 perspectives
    Reason against 1 of 2
    ?
    • 1.A text's meaning is constituted by its linguistic and contextual properties alone, not by mental states causally prior to its production.
      ?

      Think about whether this reason is strong or weak

    • 2.Wimsatt and Beardsley's intentional fallacy demonstrates that authorial intention is neither available nor desirable as a standard of interpretation.
      ?

      Think about whether this reason is strong or weak

    • 3.Evidence that cannot in principle be verified through the text itself fails to meet the epistemic standards required for interpretive justification.
      ?

      Think about whether this reason is strong or weak

    Reason against 2 of 2
    ?
    • 1.Meaning is a function of the conventions of the language system at the time of reception, not the private psychological states of the author.
      ?

      Think about whether this reason is strong or weak

    • 2.Barthes's 'death of the author' establishes that once a text is produced, it enters a semiotic field where authorial intention is structurally irrelevant to signification.
      ?

      Think about whether this reason is strong or weak

    Sign in or register to share your perspective on this statement.

    Next step

    Based on where you are in your exploration

    Strongest counterpoint
    Explore the most compelling reason on the other side.

    Topics

    AestheticsPhilosophy of Language

    Related

    A text's meaning is constituted by its linguistic and contextual properties alon...Barthes's 'death of the author' establishes that once a text is produced, it ent...Evidence that cannot in principle be verified through the text itself fails to m...In some cases, author's intention can tip the scales in favor of one reading ove...
    +3 moreShow less
    Meaning is a function of the conventions of the language system at the time of r...The fact that author's intention is not always decisive does not entail that it ...Wimsatt and Beardsley's intentional fallacy demonstrates that authorial intentio...

    Similar

    We should accord the author's intentions at least some weight in inter...88%A speaker's intention must be regarded as having some evidential weigh...85%The fact that author's intention is not always decisive does not entai...84%A text means whatever the author intends it to mean82%

    Source

    AI-extracted1/3 agreementValid
    SEP: beardsley-aesthetics
    View source passageHide passage
    Once again, there’s something wrong and something right in what Beardsley says. He’s undoubtedly right that sentence meaning and speaker meaning needn’t coincide, and that that proves that the two aren’t identical. Thus the author’s intention isn’t always the final word on what a text means. That, however, doesn’t prove that the author’s intention carries no evidential weight at all. According to the alternative position, it does, but in some cases, perhaps the majority of them, not enough to ca
    Extraction notes

    Validity: Extracted via Max plan + API grounding/validity checks

    Details

    Type
    claim
    Perspectives
    3 (1 for, 2 against)
    Edits
    1 edit