Proponents of the Assurance View argue that testimonial justification is non-evidential because a speaker's assurance that a proposition p is true only counts in favor of p if the speaker intends to provide that assurance, whereas evidence (like a fingerprint) counts in favor of a proposition regardless of the agent's intentions.

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  Epistemological Problems of Testimony

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• evidence concept
• testimonial justification concept
• Assurance View concept