01516nam a2200301 a 4500 EDZ0000038772 StDuBDS 20150804193923.0 m||||||||d|||||||| cr|||||||||||| 110905s2011 nyu fo| 000 0 eng|d 9780199914616 (ebook) : No price StDuBDS StDuBDS BD238.T47 121.3 23 McMyler, Benjamin. 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). Also issued in print format. 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. Access restricted to subscribing institutions. Testimony (Theory of knowledge) Oxford scholarship online. Print version 9780199794331 Oxford scholarship online http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199794331.001.0001 36784 36784