Jennifer Lackey / Ernest Sosa (eds.)

The Epistemology of Testimony

Herausgegeben von Lackey, Jennifer; Sosa, Ernest

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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

Robert Audi, C. A. J. Coady, James Van Cleve, Elizabeth Fricker, Richard Fumerton, Sanford C. Goldberg, Peter Graham, Jennifer Lackey, Keith Lehrer, Richard Moran, Frederick F. Schmitt, Ernest Sosa

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 322
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Juni 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 490g
• ISBN-13: 9780199276011
• ISBN-10: 0199276013
• Artikelnr.: 20812834

Inhaltsangabe

* 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