>authorial intent is the only meaning of a book!

The mind of the other is opaque and Gassman would have been better off as a neuroscientist if he wanted to know what they really intended.

>>9148321
good ontology of literature though

also Ingarden's quasi-judgements assume that the world in a novel is never our reality. No matter how realistic you write it.

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>>9148321
>i am a liberal arts undergrad and everyone's opinion is valid

>>9148387
Well? Our reality is never OUR reality either. Fiction at least acknowledges its status, which, after all, is as true as it gets.

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>>9148711
>im a liberal arts major and im entering my contrarian phase

wow big difference.

>>9148711
>>9148783
is every opinion equally meaningless

>>9148790
ye

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>>9148711
>>9148783
>i am a liberal arts undergrad

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>>9148711
>>9148783
>>9149642
>i am

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>>9149693
>i

>>9148321
Define meaning.

>>9149747
Define define.