New York: Bloomsbury Academic (
2014)
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Abstract
The first book since Coady's 1992 'Testimony: A Philosophical Study' to offer a thorough survey and a philosophical introduction to testimony and its epistemological problems, while at the same time advancing a novel view that proposes independent justificatory pathways for the acceptance and rejection of testimony, respectively. // Table of Contents: //
Introduction /
1. What is Testimony? /
2. The Testimonial Conundrum /
3. Testimony, Perception, Memory, and Inference /
4. Testimony and Evidence /
5. Reductionism and Anti-Reductionism /
6. Hybrid Theories of Testimony /
7. Testimonial Knowledge: Transmission and Generation /
8. Trust and Assurance /
9. Expert Testimony /
10. Pathologies of Testimony /
11. Testimony and the Value of Knowledge /
Glossary /
Bibliography /
Index