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C.A.J. Coady is a prominent philosopher who has extensively analyzed the concept of testimony, notably in his book 'Testimony: A Philosophical Study' [1]. His work explores the epistemic foundations of testimony, including the necessity of assuming its reliability [2], the conditions for a speaker to testify [3], and arguments against reductionist views regarding its observational basis [4].
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Epistemology of Testimony | Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy iep.utm.edu 2 facts
claimC.A.J. Coady (1992) argues that a speaker testifies only if they possess the relevant competence and their statement that p is directed to those in need of evidence for whom p is relevant to a disputed or unresolved question.
claimC.A.J. Coady argues that the act of interpreting testimonial utterances requires an assumption that testimony is reliable.
Social Epistemology - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy plato.stanford.edu 1 fact
claimC. A. J. Coady provided a philosophical study of testimony in his 1992 book 'Testimony: A Philosophical Study'.
Social Epistemology - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy plato.stanford.edu 1 fact
perspectiveC.A.J. Coady argues against global reductionism, asserting that the observational basis of ordinary epistemic agents is too limited to support an inductive inference regarding the general reliability of testimony.