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Intentional fallacy

Intentional fallacy – addresses the assumption that the meaning intended by the author of a literary work is of primary importance.

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Fallacies
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Informal fallacies
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Intentional fallacy
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(Shifting the) Burden of proof
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Argument from ignorance
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Argument from repetition
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Argument from silence
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Argument to moderation
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Argumentum verbosium
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Begging the question
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Circular cause and consequence
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Continuum fallacy
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Correlation does not imply causation
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Correlative-based fallacies
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Ecological fallacy
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Equivocation
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Etymological fallacy
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Fallacy of composition
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Fallacy of division
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Fallacy of many questions
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Fallacy of the single cause
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False attribution
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False dilemma
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Gambler's fallacy
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Historian's fallacy
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Homunculus fallacy
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If-by-whiskey
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Ignoratio elenchi
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Incomplete comparison
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Inconsistent comparison
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Kettle logic
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Ludic fallacy
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Mind projection fallacy
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Moving the goalposts
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Nirvana fallacy
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Onus probandi
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Petitio principii
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Post hoc ergo propter hoc
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Proof by verbosity
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Prosecutor's fallacy
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Psychologist's fallacy
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Red herring
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Regression fallacy
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Reification
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Retrospective determinism
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Self-contradiction
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Special pleading
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Straw man
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Wrong direction
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