McMyler, Benjamin.
Testimony, trust, and authority [electronic resource] / Benjamin McMyler. - New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011. - 1 online resource.
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Much of what we know is acquired by taking things on the word of other people whom we trust and treat as authorities concerning what to believe. But what exactly is it to take someone's word for something? What is it to treat another as an authority concerning what to believe, and what is it to then trust this person for the truth? Benjamin McMyler argues that philosophers have failed to appreciate the nature and significance of our epistemic dependence on the word of others.
9780199914616 (ebook) : No price
Testimony (Theory of knowledge)
BD238.T47
121.3
Testimony, trust, and authority [electronic resource] / Benjamin McMyler. - New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011. - 1 online resource.
Title from home page (viewed on Sept. 5, 2011).
Access restricted to subscribing institutions.
Much of what we know is acquired by taking things on the word of other people whom we trust and treat as authorities concerning what to believe. But what exactly is it to take someone's word for something? What is it to treat another as an authority concerning what to believe, and what is it to then trust this person for the truth? Benjamin McMyler argues that philosophers have failed to appreciate the nature and significance of our epistemic dependence on the word of others.
9780199914616 (ebook) : No price
Testimony (Theory of knowledge)
BD238.T47
121.3