English Explanatory Dictionary

intentional fallacy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The idea that an author's intentions should constrain the ways in which a text is properly interpreted, when regarded as an informal fallacy.

Word forms

intentional fallacy intentional fallacies

Related words

authorial intent
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