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It is not the case that The causal-inductive argument for intentionalism presupposes that the meaning of an artwork can be identified independently of the artist's intentions.
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An empirical generalization grounding an inference from an artist's intention to the meaning of the work requires that the two relata be independently identifiable.
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The artist's intention and the meaning of the work are treated as causally connected but distinct things in the causal-inductive argument.
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Identifying a causal connection between two distinct things requires independent access to each of those things.
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