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in·ten·tion·al·ism

 (ĭn-tĕn′shə-nə-lĭz′əm)
n.
The belief or assumption that the meanings of a text are determined mainly by the stated or implied intentions of the author.

in·ten′tion·al·ist adj. & n.
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His intentionalist approach prevents the realistic postulate of a world in itself to which consciousness positions in a real or cognitive link.
(71) Posner takes an intentionalist view of statutory
For Levinas, the other fractures my totalizing gaze, revealing my stance in the world as an intentionalist egomania; for Spivak, the subaltern fractures the encompassing gaze, revealing it as an imperialism.
to be read in their entire context, with the scheme of the Act, the object of the Act, and the intention of Parliament" has been characterized fundamentally as an intentionalist approach.
Despite all that has been written about the choice between purposivist, intentionalist, and textualist approaches to statutory interpretation, to date the literature has not provided a justification for the common judicial practice of relying on intent-based inquiries in some cases and disavowing those approaches for textualism in others.
He first offers an intentionalist thesis regarding pain: Pain represents disvalue.
anxiety or euphoria) to the "intentionalist" or "representationalist" theory of consciousness, the tracking approach to intentionality that proposes a physical relationship between the physicality of the brain and the physicality of external physical objects and processes, and the epistemic and moral significance of consciousness.
Brewer's criticisms of the intentionalist theories are extensive and incisive.
It also opens up a world of "ideas, symbols, and narratives" that provide us with a sense of how the Jews as both individual and collective agents gave meaning to their lives under the Third Reich--something that the more traditional approaches of intentionalist, structuralist, and functionalist fail to present.
The book combines both intentionalist and functionalist approaches; in the end, however, the author gives full weight to individual behaviors and motivations, explaining but not excusing the actions and/or inaction of people at all levels of society in the face of crimes against humanity such as ethnic cleansing.
Donne's "misrepresentation" of Augustine "is part of a deliberate attempt to push the intentionalist ethics of casuistry to its absolute limits," Ettenhuber maintains (139).
To his credit, Makai demonstrates an awareness that Tolkien would not much like his reading--or rather use--of "On Fairy-stories": this is, if nothing else, the kind of article that can advance Tolkien studies beyond the theoretical conservatism and highly intentionalist character of which it has been accused in the past.