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Testimony and inference are related as competing or complementary epistemic sources, with philosophers debating whether testimony can be reduced to inference {fact:1, fact:3, fact:6}. Furthermore, testimony is often compared to inference in terms of its functional structure {fact:4, fact:7} and is categorized alongside it as a primary source of knowledge in various philosophical traditions [1].
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Epistemology of Testimony | Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy iep.utm.edu 3 facts
quoteJennifer Lackey (2005) states: “non–reductionists maintain that testimony is just as basic a source of justification (knowledge, warrant, entitlement, and so forth) as sense-perception, memory, inference, and the like”.
claimWhile some philosophers require positive reasons to believe in the reliability of a testifier, most do not insist that a subject must have a sufficiently large inductive base to justify an inference from other beliefs or reduce testimony to perception, memory, or inference.
perspectiveReductionism views testimony as akin to inference and places a relatively heavy burden on the recipient of testimony, whereas anti-reductionism views testimony as akin to perception or memory and places a relatively light burden on the recipient.
Social Epistemology - Open Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science oecs.mit.edu 1 fact
claimEpistemologists hold differing views on whether testimony is a basic source of knowledge, similar to perception or logical reasoning, or a composite type of knowledge that combines perception and inference.
Epistemology - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org 1 fact
claimAncient Indian philosophy examines different sources of knowledge, referred to as pramāṇa, with most schools discussing perception, inference, and testimony as sources.
Social Epistemology – Introduction to Philosophy - Rebus Press press.rebus.community 1 fact
claimTestimony differs from other sources of justification because it does not inherently 'wear its truth on its sleeve,' functioning more like an inference (such as concluding there is a fire upon seeing smoke) rather than an immediate presentation of truth.
Epistemological Problems of Testimony plato.stanford.edu 1 fact
claimEpistemologists debate whether testimony is a basic source of justification or if it can be reduced to other epistemic sources like perception, memory, and inference.