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The concepts are related through the philosophical discourse on testimonial reductionism, where [1] and [2] explain that testimony relies on observation as a form of inductive evidence for justification, a relationship further highlighted by the academic work titled 'Testimony, Observation and Autonomous Knowledge' in [3].
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Social Epistemology – Introduction to Philosophy - Rebus Press press.rebus.community 2 facts
claimTestimonial reductionism posits that an individual is justified in believing a speaker's testimony that a proposition is true if and only if the individual receives the testimony, possesses inductive evidence based on observation for the reliability of that testimony, and the proposition is not defeated by other evidence.
claimTestimonial justification reduces to other forms of justification, such as observation and memory, because testimony is only considered evidence when supported by inductive evidence.
Epistemological Problems of Testimony plato.stanford.edu 1 fact
referenceC. A. J. Coady published the paper 'Testimony, Observation and Autonomous Knowledge' in 1994.