What we are dealing with is the problem of underdetermination of information – there is not enough information to prove one hypothesis over the other. This is a common problem that comes up most often in the sciences. But while scientists have recourse to a variety of considerations that help them settle on a hypothesis, when interpreting films, the principle that is most helpful is the principle of charity.

“I suppose my feeling about the post-modernism exhibition is that it’s testing philosophical claims through research, rather than a kind of active philosophical investigation.”