testimony as a source of knowledge Lackey, Jennifer. creator text enk Oxford Oxford University Press 2008 monographic eng

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1 online resource (xii, 295 p.) Jennifer Lackey reshapes the vigorous debate on testimony by showing that the standard view of the transmission of knowledge by testimony is fundamentally misguided. Her radical new theory holds that testimony is itself an irreducible source of new knowledge, to which both speaker and hearer contribute. specialized Jennifer Lackey. Includes bibliographical references and index. Social epistemology Witnesses BD175 300.1 9780191711824 (ebook) : http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199219162.001.0001 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199219162.001.0001 StDuBDS 091203 20150804193927.0 EDZ0000075119