Testimony, trust, and authority

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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.

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Full title :Testimony, trust, and authority / Benjamin McMyler.

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Publication Date:©2011

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Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
Place of Publication:New York
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2011

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Description:1 online resource (viii, 178 pages)

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ISBN:0199914613, 9780199914616, 9781283423144, 9780199794331, 0199794332, 1283423146
oclc:ocn757856765
LC Classification:BD238.T47
Dewey Decimal:121.3

Testimony as a philosophical problem -- Knowing at second hand -- Three models of epistemic dependence -- Trustung a person -- Authority, autonomy, and second-personal reasons.