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Jennifer Lackey is a prominent epistemologist whose work focuses on the nature of knowledge, specifically regarding testimonial acquisition [1], the norms of assertion [2], and the sources of justification [3]. Her academic contributions include editing volumes on the subject [4] and publishing influential arguments concerning the creditworthiness of knowledge [5].
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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”.
perspectiveJennifer Lackey disputes the account of knowledge as the norm of assertion, as proposed by Timothy Williamson, by arguing that it is proper for a testifier to assert a proposition even if they do not know or believe it, provided the testimony is reliable.
claimJennifer Lackey presents examples where a testifier (T) suffers from skeptical worries or believes their perceptual abilities are faulty, which challenges whether a hearer (S) can acquire knowledge from that testifier's testimony.
Epistemological Problems of Testimony plato.stanford.edu 1 fact
referenceErnest Sosa authored the essay 'Knowledge: Instrumental and Testimonial,' published in the 2006 volume edited by Jennifer Lackey and Ernest Sosa.
Virtue Epistemology - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy plato.stanford.edu 1 fact
referenceJennifer Lackey argued that individuals do not deserve credit for everything they know in a 2007 article.