Intentions in the Experience of Meaning

Name: Intentions in the Experience of Meaning
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ISBN: 9780521576307

ISBN-10: 052157630X

ISBN-13: 9780521576307

Edition: 1999

Authors: Raymond W. Gibbs

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What do our assumptions about authorship matter for our experience of meaning? This book examines the debates in the humanities and social sciences over whether authorial intentions can, or should, constrain our interpretation of language and art. Scholars assume that understanding of linguistic and artistic meaning should not be constrained by beliefs about authors and their possible intentions in creating a human artifact. It is argued here that people are strongly disposed to infer intentionality when understanding oral speech, written texts, artworks, and many other human actions. Although ordinary people, and scholars, may infer meanings that diverge from, or extend beyond, what…

Book details

List price: $45.99
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 9/13/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 424
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.94" tall
Weight: 1.364
Language: English




Introduction



The controversy over intentions



Searching For Intentions



Intentions and intentional action



Meaning and communication



Inferring intentionality in experience



Intentions in Discourse



Spoken language



Saying what we don't mean



Writing and reading



Intentions in Criticism



Questions of authorship



Literary interpretation and criticism



Interpreting the law



Understanding art



Conclusion



The intentional mind