The Epistemology of Testimony by Jennifer Lackey,Ernest Sosa

By Jennifer Lackey,Ernest Sosa

Testimony is a vital resource of information: we're to a wide volume reliant upon what others let us know. it's been the topic of a lot fresh curiosity in epistemology, and this quantity collects twelve unique essays at the subject through a few of the world's top philosophers. will probably be the start line for destiny learn during this fertile box.

Contributors comprise Robert Audi, C. A. J. Coady, Elizabeth Fricker, Richard Fumerton, Sanford C. Goldberg, Peter Graham, Jennifer Lackey, Keith Lehrer, Richard Moran, Frederick F. Schmitt, Ernest Sosa, and James Van Cleve.

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