Testimony: A Philosophical Study (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780198235514)

Our trust in the word of others is often dismissed as unworthy, because the illusory ideal of "autonomous knowledge" has prevailed in the debate about the nature of knowledge. Yet we are profoundly dependent on others for a vast amount of what any of us claim to know. Coady explores the nature of testimony in order to show how it might be justified as a source of knowledge, and uses the insights that he has developed to challenge certain widespread assumptions in the areas of history, law, mathematics, and psychology.

Author: C. A. J. Coady
ISBN-10: 0198235518
ISBN-13: 9780198235514
Publisher: Clarendon Press
Language: English
Published: 03/23/1995
Pages: 326
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.02lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.18w x 0.71d