Posted by special_k on April 15, 2006, at 8:37:40
In reply to Re: sorry » special_k, posted by Dinah on April 15, 2006, at 8:22:37
> I am also feeling rather offended by the implication that the participants in a discussion would influence Dr. Bob's decision of who to block.
influences his decision of who to be charitable to.
unless dr bob gets around the confirmation bias / priming type phenomena that psychologists write about.
i talk about charity because there is a literature on the principle of charity on triangulation of beliefs desires and behaviour.
in this case we have the interpretation of text.
"essays on truth and interpretation" in case you are interested.
though i'm extending its usage somewhat...
interpretation is required...
it is.
and charity comes into play re what interpretation one should adopt (and why) though i have my reasons (and i won't go on about rationality constraints)still some equivocation between charity1 and charity2
but maybe some people don't see the difference
i don't know what to say
i think you could see the difference
but this board teaches you not to bother
so...
there it is.
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