Interpretation, Intentions, and Responsibility
In this paper, I defend a contextualist account of the role of authors’ intentions in interpretation, according to which their role depends on readers’ interpretive interests. In light of a general discussion of intentions and responsibility, I argue that insofar as readers are interested in attribu...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Helsinki University Press
2018-09-01
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| Series: | Estetika |
| Online Access: | https://estetikajournal.org/articles/174 |
| Summary: | In this paper, I defend a contextualist account of the role of authors’ intentions in interpretation, according to which their role depends on readers’ interpretive interests. In light of a general discussion of intentions and responsibility, I argue that insofar as readers are interested in attributing authorial responsibility for interpretations of fictional works, authors’ intentions need to play a central role in those interpretations. And I investigate the implications of this account for ‘accidental authorship’, cases in which interpretations of a work are neither intended nor reasonably foreseen by the author. |
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| ISSN: | 2571-0915 |