principle of charity

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Etymology[edit]

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

Proper noun[edit]

the principle of charity

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

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