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Klappentext 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. Contributors include Robert Audi! C. A. J. Coady! Elizabeth Fricker! Richard Fumerton! Sanford C. Goldberg! Peter Graham! Jennifer Lackey! Keith Lehrer! Richard Moran! Frederick F. Schmitt! Ernest Sosa! and James Van Cleve. Zusammenfassung 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. This volume collects twelve original essays on the topic by some of the world's leading philosophers, for research in this fertile field. 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 ...
