An alternative to charitable interpretation, with H.L.A. Hart

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Philosophers, and students of philosophy, are often advised to interpret other philosophers charitably. In this paper, I present an alternative to interpreting charitably. I call it “the simple-model technique” and use H.L.A. Hart responding to John Rawls to illustrate it.

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Terence Rajivan Edward
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