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The concepts are related because testimonially-based beliefs are defined as the epistemic outcome of the process of testimony, as described in [1], [2], and [3]. Furthermore, the nature of testimony as a source of knowledge is central to the debates regarding the formation and justification of these beliefs, as seen in [4], [5], and [6].
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Epistemology of Testimony | Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy iep.utm.edu 6 facts
claimThe Reidian approach to testimony holds that testimonially-based beliefs are properly non-inferential, or direct.
claimA testimonially-based belief is formed when an epistemic subject (S) accepts a proposition (p) told to them by a testifier (T).
claimThe inferentialist view of testimony sees testimonially-based belief as the acceptance of an argument where a person (S) concludes that a proposition (p) is true because a testifier (T) is telling them (p), and T or people like T have generally been reliable in the past.
perspectiveSome epistemologists argue that testimony is a type of speech act that requires the testifier to be conscious, and therefore machine testimony does not qualify as 'testimonially-based belief'.
claimTomoji Shogenji argues that the ubiquity of testimonially-based beliefs and the reliance on the reliability of testimony can be used to provide greater confirmation for the reliability of testimony.
claimJennifer Lackey argues that a general inductive basis for belief in testimony fails because the category of testimonially-based beliefs is too heterogeneous to support a single, relevant induction.