| Charity, Self-Interpretation and Belief |
| Henry Jackman |
| Journal of Philosophical Research, Volume 28 (2003), pp. 145-170. |
| Area 1 Philosophy of Language |
| Area 2 Philosophy of Mind |
| Keywords Charity Self-Interpretation Davidson |
| http://www.yorku.ca/hjackman/papers/charity.pdf |
| The purpose of this paper is to motivate and defend a recognizable version of what is commonly known as "The Principle of Charity." The version of the Principle familiar though the work of Quine and Davidson has struck many philosophers as implausible, but it will be argued here that this is because those authors misrepresent the Principle's character and the possible motivations for it. The Principle of Charity is not subject to most of the objections commonly launched against it, and, properly understood, it can be motivated in terms of plausible constraints internal to the interpretation process. |
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