principle of charity

name

Etymology

Named by Neil L. Wilson in the late 1950s.

Definitions

  1. The principle according to which an argument should be evaluated in light of its best,…

    The principle according to which an argument should be evaluated in light of its best, strongest possible interpretation.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for principle of charity. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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