How Testimony Can Be a Source of Knowledge

Much of what we regard ourselves as knowing came to us from the testimony of others. But recently epistemologists have debated just how testimony can be a source of knowledge at all. Must we have some independent way to confirm what we receive through testimony, or is there perhaps some reason why w...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Nicholas Smith
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Athens Institute for Education and Research 2019-04-01
Series:Athens Journal of Humanities & Arts
Online Access:https://www.athensjournals.gr/humanities/2019-6-2-4-Smith.pdf