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Affective fallacy
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<p>Affective fallacy is a term from <a href="/facts/Literary_criticism/sj0LQGdF">literary criticism</a> used to refer to the supposed error of judging or evaluating a text on the basis of its emotional effects on a reader. The term was coined by <a href="/facts/William_Kurtz_Wimsatt,_Jr./NX0m9mhF">W.K. Wimsatt</a> and <a href="/facts/Monroe_Beardsley/WqVRIauY">Monroe Beardsley</a> in 1949 as a principle of <a href="/facts/New_Criticism/yYCKR7oY">New Criticism</a> which is often paired with their study of <i>The Intentional Fallacy</i>. </p>