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Testimony and induction are both categorized as fundamental sources of belief [1] and can simultaneously contribute to the justification of a single belief [2]. Furthermore, epistemological reductionism specifically examines whether the justification for testimony can be reduced to that of induction [3], a relationship explored in academic literature [4].
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Epistemology of Testimony | Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy iep.utm.edu 2 facts
claimBeliefs can be categorized based on their source or root, such as perceptual, deductive, inductive, memorial, or testimonial.
claimBeliefs can be based on multiple sources simultaneously, such as being partly testimonially-based and partly perceptually-based, or partly inductively-based and partly memorially-based.
Epistemological Problems of Testimony plato.stanford.edu 1 fact
claimJack Lyons examined the relationship between testimony, induction, and folk psychology in a 1997 article in the Australasian Journal of Philosophy.
Social Epistemology - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy plato.stanford.edu 1 fact
claimReductionism in epistemology is the view that the justification of beliefs derived from testimony can be reduced to justifications provided by other sources such as perception, memory, and induction.