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