English Explanatory Dictionary

principle of charity

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

principle of charity the principle of charity

Etymology

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

Related words

charitable overcharitable cooperative principle sanewashing steelman
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