In the scenario where a stranger testifies that a favorite team won a game, it is unclear whether a hearer is justified in believing the testimony because the hearer does not know if the stranger typically speaks the truth, even if there is no specific reason to doubt the statement.

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  Epistemological Problems of Testimony

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• testimony concept