Systematic ambiguity in foundational texts does not refute a reading; it demands the interpretive principle of charity toward internal coherence, which Allison's reading better satisfies than two-world alternatives.
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When a foundational text has multiple unclear or contradictory meanings that seem to follow a pattern throughout, rather than being random mistakes.
Two-world alternatives(rival readings of the same philosophical text that Allison's view is being contrasted with)
Competing interpretations of Kant's philosophy that see him as describing two separate realms—one as things appear to us and one as things actually are in themselves.
internal coherence(Used by moral skeptics to argue that coherence provides no evidence of correspondence to external moral facts.)
The property of a set of beliefs being mutually consistent and mutually supporting within the set, without reference to anything outside the set.