Many contributors of the debate about knowledge by testimony concentrate on the problem of justification. In my paper I will stress a different point – the concept of testimony itself. As a starting point I will use the definitional proposal of Jennifer Lackey. She holds that the concept of testimony should be regarded as entailing two aspects – one corresponding to the speaker, the other one to the hearer. I will adopt the assumption that we need to deal with both aspects. Nevertheless, I will show that her concept – which suggests regarding testimony as an act of communication conveying information – is too broad and, therefore, I will end up with a different twofold definition
This paper identifies two distinct dimensions of what might be called testimonial strength: first, i...
We citizens of the 2lSt century live in a world where division of epistemic labour rules. Most of wh...
How much linguistic understanding is required for testimonial knowledge acquisition? One answer is t...
Many contributors of the debate about knowledge by testimony concentrate on the problem of justifica...
Testimony is the mainstay of human communication and essential for the spread of knowledge. But test...
This paper focuses on the central role of testimony in the relationship between knowledge and commun...
Most philosophers believe that testimony is not a fundamental source of knowledge, but merely a way ...
Jennifer Lackey ('Testimonial Knowledge and Transmission' The Philosophical Quarterly 1999) and Pete...
Most philosophers believe that testimony is not a fundamental source of knowledge, but merely a way ...
As the title of this piece indicates, my interest here is the epistemology of testimony, or, more pr...
Orthodoxy in epistemology maintains that some sources of belief, e.g. perception and introspection, ...
1 For critical discussion of the ep istemic status of testimony in comparison with basic sources of ...
In this paper I defend the claim that testimony can serve as a basic source of knowledge of other pe...
Most philosophers believe that testimony is not a fundamental source of knowledge, but merely a way ...
Testimony is a crucial source of knowledge: we are to a large extent reliant upon what others tell u...
This paper identifies two distinct dimensions of what might be called testimonial strength: first, i...
We citizens of the 2lSt century live in a world where division of epistemic labour rules. Most of wh...
How much linguistic understanding is required for testimonial knowledge acquisition? One answer is t...
Many contributors of the debate about knowledge by testimony concentrate on the problem of justifica...
Testimony is the mainstay of human communication and essential for the spread of knowledge. But test...
This paper focuses on the central role of testimony in the relationship between knowledge and commun...
Most philosophers believe that testimony is not a fundamental source of knowledge, but merely a way ...
Jennifer Lackey ('Testimonial Knowledge and Transmission' The Philosophical Quarterly 1999) and Pete...
Most philosophers believe that testimony is not a fundamental source of knowledge, but merely a way ...
As the title of this piece indicates, my interest here is the epistemology of testimony, or, more pr...
Orthodoxy in epistemology maintains that some sources of belief, e.g. perception and introspection, ...
1 For critical discussion of the ep istemic status of testimony in comparison with basic sources of ...
In this paper I defend the claim that testimony can serve as a basic source of knowledge of other pe...
Most philosophers believe that testimony is not a fundamental source of knowledge, but merely a way ...
Testimony is a crucial source of knowledge: we are to a large extent reliant upon what others tell u...
This paper identifies two distinct dimensions of what might be called testimonial strength: first, i...
We citizens of the 2lSt century live in a world where division of epistemic labour rules. Most of wh...
How much linguistic understanding is required for testimonial knowledge acquisition? One answer is t...