Epistemologists distinguish between testimony from a layman and testimony from an epistemic authority, asserting that beliefs based on the testimony of an epistemic authority are epistemically superior to those based on the testimony of a layman.

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  Epistemological Problems of Testimony

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• testimony concept
• epistemic authority concept