Does the principle of charity have a problem with literary form?

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In this paper, I propose that there are or will be examples where the principle of charity recommends an interpretation which makes a text more true than another interpretation, whereas the rival interpretation improves on making sense of its form.

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Terence Rajivan Edward
University of Manchester (PhD)

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