Fear of imprecision as the beginning of wisdom: commentary on ‘Definitional Drift Within the Science of Forgiveness’

Oderberg, D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9585-0515 (2025) Fear of imprecision as the beginning of wisdom: commentary on ‘Definitional Drift Within the Science of Forgiveness’. Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology, 45 (1). pp. 32-37. ISSN 21513341 doi: 10.1037/teo0000304

Abstract/Summary

The provocative paper ‘Definitional Drift Within the Science of Forgiveness’ challenges us to define forgiveness in a way that is precise, accurate, and instructive for therapists. I take up the challenge, drawing on the materials in ‘Definitional Drift’, adopting the Aristotelian method of definition the authors rightly commend, and using the system of binary classification handed down from Porphyry to produce a definition of forgiveness that meets this all-important challenge.

Item Type	Article
URI	https://reading-clone.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/118779
Identification Number/DOI	10.1037/teo0000304
Refereed	Yes
Divisions	Arts, Humanities and Social Science > School of Humanities > Philosophy
Publisher	American Psychological Association
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