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Chapter 12: Testimony and Disagreement

Chapter 12: Testimony and Disagreement

pp. 237-260

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, College of William and Mary, Virginia
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In this chapter we look at two important topics in social epistemology: testimony and disagreement. What is necessary for testimony to be a source of justification or knowledge? Can testimony be a basic source of justification? We also consider three views concerning the appropriate stance in the face of disagreement with one's epistemic peers: the Equal Weight View, the Steadfast View, and the Total Evidence View.

Keywords

  • testimony
  • transmission of knowledge
  • transmission of justification
  • reductionism
  • nonreductionism
  • disagreement
  • Equal Weight View
  • Steadfast View
  • Total Evidence View

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