Learning from Words - Testimony as a Source of Knowledge

Zusatztext ...presents a sustained, and engaging, argument for a distinctive epistemological position... admirably clear and densely argued, Epistemology needed a new look at testimony and Learning from Words gives it one. Informationen zum Autor Jennifer Lackey is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Northwestern University. Klappentext Jennifer Lackey reshapes the vigorous current debate on testimony by showing that the standard view of the transmission of knowledge by testimony is fundamentally misguided. Her radical new theory holds that testimony is itself an irreducible source of new knowledge, to which both speaker and hearer contribute. Zusammenfassung Jennifer Lackey reshapes the vigorous current debate on testimony by showing that the standard view of the transmission of knowledge by testimony is fundamentally misguided. Her radical new theory holds that testimony is itself an irreducible source of new knowledge, to which both speaker and hearer contribute. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1: The Nature of Testimony 2: Rejecting Transmission 3: A Defense of Learning from Words 4: Norms of Assertion and Testimonial Knowledge 5: A Critique of Reductionism and Non-Reductionism 6: Dualism in the Epistemology of Testimony 7: Positive Reasons, Defeaters, and the Infant/Child Objection 8: Trust and Assurance: The Interpersonal View of Testimony Appendix. Memory as a Generative Epistemic Source

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• Autori: Jennifer Lackey
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 07.05.2008
• EAN: 9780199219162
• ISBN: 978-0-19-921916-2
• Pagine: 295
• Dimensioni: 165 mm x 235 mm x 25 mm
• Categorie: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Filosofia: tematiche generali, opere di consultazione; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Linguistica generale e comparata; PHILOSOPHY / Epistemology, Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge, Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge