Principle of humanity:
PRINCIPLE NAMED BY RICHARD E GRANDY IN 1973 AS A SUPPLEMENT TO THE PRINCIPLE OF CHARITY.
It says that when interpreting another speaker we must assume not simply that he is intelligent and so on, but that his beliefs and desires are connected to each other and to reality in a way that makes him as similar to ourselves as possible.
As with the principle of charity, this principle is not -in the view of thinkers like Willard Van Orman Quine (1908-2000) – only intended for interpreting remote civilizations (see indeterminacy of reference and translation) since we apply it automatically in our daily intercourse.
Source:
R E Grandy, The Journal of Philosophy, (1973), 443;
I Hacking, Why Does Language Matter to Philosophy? (1975), 146-50
Table of Contents
- 1 Videos
- 2 Related Products
- 2.1 The Shambhala Principle: Discovering Humanity's Hidden Treasure
- 2.2 A New History of the Humanities: The Search for Principles and Patterns from Antiquity to the Present
- 2.3 Digital Humanities Pedagogy: Practices, Principles and Politics
- 2.4 Principles of Fire Prevention
- 2.5 Humanity Is a Stepping Stone
- 2.6 The Medicine Buddha
- 2.7 Electromagnetism: The Motor Principle [VHS Video]
- 2.8 CLEP Exam Prep-1
- 2.9 Principles On Which The U.S. Was Founded
- 2.10 God's Light and Universal Principles for All Humanity: An Introduction to Sukyo Mahikari
- charity principle
- indeterminacy of reference and translation
- verifiability (or verification) principle
- perspectivism
- parsimony principle
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A New History of the Humanities: The Search for Principles and Patterns from Antiquity to the Present
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- Bod, Rens (Author)
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Digital Humanities Pedagogy: Practices, Principles and Politics
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Principles of Fire Prevention
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- English (Publication Language)
- 294 Pages - 01/02/2015 (Publication Date) - Jones & Bartlett Learning (Publisher)
The Medicine Buddha
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- Khamba Lama Natsagdorj (Actor)
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God's Light and Universal Principles for All Humanity: An Introduction to Sukyo Mahikari
- Mahikari, Sukyo; Chang, Sidney E. (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 04/09/2020 (Publication Date) - L.H. Europe (Publisher)
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