Traduzione radicale, naturalismo e principio di carità in W.V. Quine

The paper deals with the problem of interpretation in the W.V. Quine's Gedankenexperiment of radical translation. An original view of the principle of charity is proposed: this principle is increased by an empathic method in the interpretation of language and behaviour of speakers and agents. In this way Quine endorses a naturalistic and biological foundation of his theory of interpretation and empathy, so anticipating issues of the recent simulation theory of interpretation.