{"product_id":"intentions-in-the-experience-of-meaning-hardback-9780521572453","title":"Intentions in the Experience of Meaning (Hardback) 9780521572453","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eIntentions in the Experience of Meaning\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis volume examines the role that authorship plays in people's experience of language and art as meaningful human artifacts.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRaymond W. Gibbs (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521572453, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 13 September 1999\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e424 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.7 cm, 0.79 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eWhat 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.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePart I. Introduction: 1. The controversy over intentions\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Searching For Intentions: 2. Intentions and intentional action\u003cbr\u003e 3. Meaning and communication\u003cbr\u003e 4. Inferring intentionality in experience\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Intentions in Discourse: 5. Spoken language\u003cbr\u003e 6. Saying what we don't mean\u003cbr\u003e 7. Writing and reading\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Intentions in Criticism\u003cbr\u003e 8. Questions of authorship\u003cbr\u003e 9. Literary interpretation and criticism\u003cbr\u003e 10. Interpreting the law\u003cbr\u003e 11. Understanding art\u003cbr\u003e Part V. Conclusion: 12. The intentional mind.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Social, group or collective psychology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Social, group or collective psychology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Social,%20group%20or%20collective%20psychology%20%5BJMH%5D%22\"\u003eJMH\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46005762588952,"sku":"9780521572453","price":66.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521572453i_53b6b99b-0d0e-4620-8c7b-c4665f3a3081.jpg?v=1691369916","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/intentions-in-the-experience-of-meaning-hardback-9780521572453","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}