Intentions in the Experience of Meaning - Couverture souple

Gibbs Jr., Raymond W.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 052157630X ISBN 13 : 9780521576307

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 1996

Synopsis

This volume examines the role that authorship plays in people's experience of language and art as meaningful human artifacts.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

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 authors intend, our experience of human artifacts as meaningful is fundamentally tied to our assumptions of intentionality. This challenges the traditional ideas of intentions as existing solely in the minds of individuals, and formulates a new conceptual framework for examining if and when intentions influence the interpretation of meaning.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 1996
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 052157630X
• ISBN 13: 9780521576307
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 424
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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