The Epistemology of Testimony

Erscheinungsjahr 2006
ISBN: 978-0-19-927601-1
Verlag: OUP Oxford

Buch, Englisch, 322 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 491 g

Testimony is a crucial source of knowledge: we are to a large extent reliant upon what others tell us. It has been the subject of much recent interest in epistemology, and this volume collects twelve original essays on the topic by some of the world's leading philosophers. It will be the starting point for future research in this fertile field.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lackey, Jennifer

Sosa, Ernest

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Wissenschaften: Theorie, Epistemologie, Methodik
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Wissenschaftstheorie, Wissenschaftsphilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Erkenntnistheorie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Introduction

- I. Testimony and Thomas Reid

- 1: Robert Audi: Testimony, credulity, and veracity

- 2: James Van Cleve: Reid on the credit of human testimony

- II. Testimony and its Place in Epistemology

- 3: Richard Fumerton: The epistemic role of testimony: internalist and externalist perspectives

- 4: Peter Graham: Liberal fundamentalism and its rivals

- 5: Ernest Sosa: Knowledge: instrumental and testimonial

- III. Reductionism and Non-Reductionism in the Epistemology of Testimony

- 6: Sanford C. Goldberg: Reductionism and the distinctiveness of testimonial knowledge

- 7: Keith Lehrer: Testimony and trustworthiness

- 8: Jennifer Lackey: It takes two to tango: beyond reductionism and non-reductionism in the epistemology of testimony

- IV. Testimony and the Extent of Our Dependence on Others

- 9: Frederick F. Schmitt: Testimonial justification and transindividual reasons

- 10: Elizabeth Fricker: Testimony and epistemic autonomy

- V. New areas and new directions in the epistemology of testimony

- 11: C. A. J. Coady: Pathologies of testimony

- 12: Richard Moran: Getting told and being believed