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Charity is for evaluating arguments, not for reporting what people actually said
I keep running into a problem with the principle of charity. In philosophy the rule is good: before you object, reconstruct the argument in its strongest form. An objection to a weak version proves nothing about the strong one. I accept that.…
Started by Sana Rizvi6 replies -
Objections first: what the scholastic quaestio could teach a modern seminar
This term I've been reading the Summa Theologiae properly for the first time, article by article, and what has struck me is not the conclusions but the shape. Every article begins with “It seems that…” followed by objections against the position Aquinas…
Started by Aoife Kilbride5 replies