Just quickly googling it, it sounds to me like the principle of charity proposes interpreting words in ways that are likely to make them true, rather than in ways that make them correlated with other queries?
Davidsonian linguistics typically involve interpreting others’ statements such that they are maximally true and also maximally coherent with other words/beliefs/attitudes, taken holistically (that covers your ‘correlated with other queries’ bit I guess?).
This is basically Davidson’s “principle of charity”.
Just quickly googling it, it sounds to me like the principle of charity proposes interpreting words in ways that are likely to make them true, rather than in ways that make them correlated with other queries?
Davidsonian linguistics typically involve interpreting others’ statements such that they are maximally true and also maximally coherent with other words/beliefs/attitudes, taken holistically (that covers your ‘correlated with other queries’ bit I guess?).
Do you have a recommendation for an introduction text?