intentional fallacy

noun

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

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Meanings

nounintentional fallacy (plural intentional fallacies)

plural intentional fallacies

  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.
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intentional fallacy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intentional%20fallacy

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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “intentional fallacy,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intentional%20fallacy.

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