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Charitable interpretation is quite important in philosophical argumentation; it could be construed as a form of emotional compromise, and is certainly about avo
by HKH2 6y ago
Charitable interpretation is quite important in philosophical argumentation; it could be construed as a form of emotional compromise, and is certainly about avoiding unnecessary disagreement.
- keiferski 6y agoThat’s true, but I’d categorize it more as a social factor affecting philosophers and not philosophy itself. But of course we would get lost in endless debates about this.
- HKH2 6y agoDoes a philosophical hermit ever choose to not come back, and yet remain philosophizing? I doubt it. I agree that the social aspects are not the apparent point of philosophy though. We can clearly benefit from exploring ideas without attempting to unify society as a whole.