Essays about: "Intentionalism"
Found 2 essays containing the word Intentionalism.
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1. Intention and Indiscernibilia: : Against Interpretive Intentionalism
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Avdelningen för estetikAbstract : What determines the meaning of a work of art? This paper considers three theories of art-critical interpretation: moderate actual intentionalism (the artist’s intention partly determines the work’s meaning), hypothetical intentionalism (the work’s meaning is the best hypothesis of what the artist could have meant), and the value-maximizing theory (interpretations which maximize the work’s value are to be preferred). I argue that moderate actual intentionalism is incoherent, collapsing either into the intentional fallacy or into an extreme form of intentionalism. READ MORE
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2. CONSEQUENTIAL INTENTIONALISM. AN EVALUATION OF THE APPLICABILITY OF PETER ABELARD’S ETHICS.
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för filosofi, lingvistik och vetenskapsteoriAbstract : In his Ethica, Peter Abelard argues for consent as the only criterion for moral evaluation. This argument of Abelard seems to present his ethical system as subjective and therefore cannot be put into practice. This paper seeks to critically analyze the practicality of Abelard’s ethical system in the human society. READ MORE
