Testimony, trust, and authority /

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...

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Main Author:	McMyler, Benjamin (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Language Notes:	English.
Published:	New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011.
Subjects:	Testimony (Theory of knowledge) Témoignage (Théorie de la connaissance) PHILOSOPHY > Epistemology. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book