01487nam a2200289 a 4500001001400000003000800014005001700022006001900039007001500058008004100073020003800114040002100152050001400173082001400187100002300201245008000224260005800304300002300362500005200385530003300437520048500470506005100955650003601006730003101042776003301073856009101106EDZ0000038772StDuBDS20150804193923.0m||||||||d||||||||cr||||||||||||110905s2011    nyu    fo|    000 0 eng|d  a9780199914616 (ebook) :cNo price  aStDuBDScStDuBDS 4aBD238.T4704a121.32231 aMcMyler, Benjamin.10aTestimony, trust, and authorityh[electronic resource] /cBenjamin McMyler.  aNew York ;aOxford :bOxford University Press,c2011.  a1 online resource.  aTitle from home page (viewed on Sept. 5, 2011).  aAlso issued in print format.8 aMuch 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.1 aAccess restricted to subscribing institutions. 0aTestimony (Theory of knowledge)0 aOxford scholarship online.08iPrint versionz9780199794331403Oxford scholarship onlineuhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199794331.001.0001