Thomas Reid (1785) stated: “There is no doubt an analogy between the evidence of the senses and the evidence of testimony. … But there is a real difference between the two as well as a similarity. When we believe something on the basis of someone’s testimony, we rely on that person’s authority. But we have no such authority for believing our senses.”

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  Epistemology of Testimony | Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy

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• testimony concept
• Thomas Reid entity
• human senses concept
• authority concept