The Epistemology of Testimony

Jennifer Lackey, Ernest Sosa (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

322 Seiten

2006
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-927601-1 (ISBN)

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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.

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.

I. TESTIMONY AND THOMAS REID ; II. TESTIMONY AND ITS PLACE IN EPISTEMOLOGY ; III. REDUCTIONISM AND NON-REDUCTIONISM IN THE EPISTEMOLOGY OF TESTIMONY ; IV. TESTIMONY AND THE EXTENT OF OUR DEPENDENCE ON OTHERS ; V. NEW AREAS AND NEW DIRECTIONS IN THE EPISTEMOLOGY OF TESTIMONY

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.7.2006
Verlagsort	Oxford
Sprache	englisch
Maße	150 x 230 mm
Gewicht	495 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Erkenntnistheorie / Wissenschaftstheorie
ISBN-10	0-19-927601-3 / 0199276013
ISBN-13	978-0-19-927601-1 / 9780199276011
Zustand	Neuware