An individual has stronger than usual justification to believe a speaker's testimony if the speaker is known to be honest and knowledgeable about the topic, whereas an individual is generally not justified in believing testimony from someone known to be prone to lying.

Authors

• Person: William D. Rowley Organization: Rebus Community
  Social Epistemology – Introduction to Philosophy - Rebus Press

Sources

• Social Epistemology – Introduction to Philosophy - Rebus Press press.rebus.community William D. Rowley · Rebus Community via serper

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• testimony concept
• justification concept