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Testimony is the act of communication through which a speaker conveys a proposition to a hearer [1], and the epistemology of this process centers on whether the testifier must know the proposition [2] or assume responsibility for its truth [3].

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Epistemology of Testimony | Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy iep.utm.edu Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy 2 facts
claimThe epistemology of testimony involves analyzing the external conditions required for a recipient (S) to gain knowledge from a testifier (T), specifically questioning whether the testifier must know the proposition (p) herself, whether the testimony must be true, and whether the testifier must reliably testify.
claimMoran (2005), Ross (1986), and Hinchman (2005, 2007) argue that because a testifier assumes responsibility for the truth of a proposition, the epistemic responsibilities of the recipient are necessarily lessened.
Epistemological Problems of Testimony plato.stanford.edu Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy 1 fact
claimA hearer (H) receives testimony that a proposition (p) by a speaker (S) making an act of communication (a) if and only if the hearer reasonably takes (a) as conveying the information that (p) in virtue of the communicable content of (a).