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What epistemologists of testimony should learn from philosophers of science
- Source :
- Synthese. 199:12541-12559
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2021.
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Abstract
- The thesis of this paper is that, if it is construed individualistically, epistemic justification does not capture the conditions that philosophers of science would impose on justified belief in a scientific hypothesis. The difficulty arises from beliefs acquired through testimony. From this I derive a lesson that epistemologists generally, and epistemologists of testimony in particular, should learn from philosophers of science: we ought to repudiate epistemic individualism and move towards a more fully social epistemology.
Details
- ISSN :
- 15730964 and 00397857
- Volume :
- 199
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Synthese
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........4d1520c42fd6deced55a6b37ce97fd89
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-021-03342-x