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The role of testimony in the getting of reliable belief or knowledge is a central but neglected epistemological issue. In this work of original philosophy, Professor Coady explores the nature of testimony and the philosophical debates about it, in order to show how it might be defended as a source o...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Coady, C. A. J.
Corporate Author: Oxford Scholarship Online
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Clarendon, 1992.
Subjects:
Knowledge, Theory of.
Witnesses.
Other minds (Theory of knowledge)
Belief and doubt.
Other (Philosophy)
Social epistemology.
Altérité.
Croyance et doute.
Théorie de la connaissance.
Témoins.
Épistémologie sociale.
epistemology.
Beweis
Erkenntnistheorie
Zeugnis
Kennis.
Getuigen.
Getuigenverklaringen.
Connaissance, Théorie de la.
Autrui.
Doute.
PHILOSOPHY.
Logic.
Mind & Body.
Modern.
History & Surveys.
Cognitive Psychology & Cognition.
PSYCHOLOGY.
RELIGION.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:The role of testimony in the getting of reliable belief or knowledge is a central but neglected epistemological issue. In this work of original philosophy, Professor Coady explores the nature of testimony and the philosophical debates about it, in order to show how it might be defended as a source of knowledge.
Physical Description:1 online resource (x, 315 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780191597220
0191597228
0191519987
9780191519987
0198235518
9780198235514