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Sanford Goldberg
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Epistemology of Testimony | Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy iep.utm.edu 15 facts
referenceSanford Goldberg published 'Reductionism and the Distinctiveness of Testimonial Knowledge' in the 2006 collection edited by Lackey and Sosa.
referenceSanford Goldberg's analysis of testimonial knowledge, including the role of safety-guaranteeing agents, is detailed in his 2007 work, specifically on pages 308 and 322ff.
referenceSanford Goldberg published 'Testimonial Knowledge in Early Childhood, Revisited' in Philosophy and Phenomenological Research in 2008.
claimSanford Goldberg's 2005 counterexamples potentially undermine the account that a speaker only needs to possess information for a hearer to gain knowledge.
claimSanford Goldberg and David Henderson argue that testimonial non-reductionists can maintain a requirement that a hearer (S) be sensitive to signs of a speaker's (T) untrustworthiness.
claimSanford Goldberg argues that the hearer (S) can possess knowledge even if the hearer is unaware of the guaranteeing function of the agent or mechanism (A), as the function of the agent or mechanism alone is sufficient to guarantee the reliability of the hearer's belief.
referenceSanford Goldberg and David Henderson published 'Monitoring and Anti-Reductionism in the Epistemology of Testimony' in Philosophy and Phenomenological Research in 2005.
referenceSanford Goldberg published 'Testimonially Based Knowledge From False Testimony' in The Philosophical Quarterly in 2001.
referenceSanford Goldberg published 'Testimonial Knowledge Through Unsafe Testimony' in Analysis in 2005.
claimSanford Goldberg proposes that the hearer's (S) belief is not purely testimonially based when the presence of an agent or mechanism (A) is an essential part of the belief-sustaining environment.
referenceSanford Goldberg published 'How Lucky Can You Get?' in Synthese in 2007.
claimSanford Goldberg argues that the hearer's (S) belief is safe because the presence of an agent or mechanism (A) would prevent the testifier's (T) false testimony from being believed, even though the testifier's testimony is unsafe because it is based on usually misleading evidence.
claimSanford Goldberg suggests that beliefs partly based on defective testimony can constitute knowledge if the other part of the belief's basis, specifically the guaranteeing function of the agent or mechanism (A), cures the defect in the testimony.
claimSanford Goldberg asserts that in cases where the hearer (S) knows about the role of the agent or mechanism (A), the hearer relies on a 'T-in-A's-presence' hybrid rather than relying solely on the testifier (T).
referenceSanford Goldberg (2008) argues that reliable caretakers act as an external defeater-detection system, which is critical for young children to acquire testimonially-based knowledge.
Social Epistemology – Introduction to Philosophy - Rebus Press press.rebus.community 1 fact
claimThomas Reid, C.A.J. Coady, Matthew Weiner, Peter Graham, and Sanford Goldberg are representative proponents of non-reductionism in the epistemology of testimony.
Epistemology - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org 1 fact
referenceCailin O'Connor, Sanford Goldberg, and Alvin I. Goldman authored the entry 'Social Epistemology' for the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy in 2024.
Epistemology of Testimony - Bibliography - PhilPapers philpapers.org 1 fact
referenceSignificant contemporary works in the epistemology of testimony include C. A. J. Coady’s 'Testimony: A Philosophical Study' (1992), Tyler Burge’s 'Content Preservation' (1993) and 'Interlocution, Perception, and Memory' (1997), Elizabeth Fricker’s 'Against Gullibility' (1994) and 'Second-Hand Knowledge' (2006), Jennifer Lackey’s 'Learning from Words' (2008), and Sanford Goldberg’s 'Relying on Others' (2010).