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Authors, Intentions and Literary Meaning
Article first published online: 2 MAR 2006
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-9991.2006.00016.x
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Irvin, S. (2006), Authors, Intentions and Literary Meaning. Philosophy Compass, 1: 114–128. doi: 10.1111/j.1747-9991.2006.00016.x
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- Issue published online: 2 MAR 2006
- Article first published online: 2 MAR 2006
- Philosophy Compass 1 (2006): 10.1111/j.1747-9991.2006.00016.x
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Abstract
This article discusses the relationship (or lack thereof) between authors’ intentions and the meaning of literary works. It considers the advantages and disadvantages of Extreme and Modest Actual Intentionalism, Conventionalism, and two versions of Hypothetical Intentionalism, and discusses the role that one's theoretical commitments about the robustness of linguistic conventions and the publicity of literary works should play in determining which view one accepts.