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245 10 a| Testimony, trust, and authority /c| Benjamin McMyler.;

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504 a| Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-175) and index.;

505 0 a| Testimony as a philosophical problem -- Knowing at second hand -- Three models of epistemic dependence -- Trustung a person -- Authority, autonomy, and second-personal reasons.;

520 8 a| 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.;

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Testimony, trust, and authority / Benjamin McMyler.

Author/creator	McMyler, Benjamin
Format	Book
Publication Info	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2011.
Description	viii, 178 pages ; 25 cm
Supplemental Content	http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199794331.001.0001
Subjects	Testimony (Theory of knowledge)

Contents	Testimony as a philosophical problem -- Knowing at second hand -- Three models of epistemic dependence -- Trustung a person -- Authority, autonomy, and second-personal reasons.
Summary	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.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-175) and index.
LCCN	2010052009
ISBN	9780199794331 (hc : alk. paper)
ISBN	0199794332 (hc : alk. paper)

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