eisegesis
(en)
the process of interpreting a text or portion of text in such a way that the process introduces one's own presuppositions, agendas, or biases into and onto the text
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This is, bluntly, eisegesis—it is reading-in, placing a message into the text that simply isn’t there with an overlay of mysticism to give you plausible deniability about what you’re doing.
notable
3 years, 5 months ago
this articulation on Wallace's part seems more eisegetical or even projective than accurate
on DFW saying that Wittgenstein was motivated by a horror of solipsism
confirm
9 years, 3 months ago