Learning from words: testimony as a source of knowledge
Auteur :
Lackey, Jennifer
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press
ISBN :
9780199219162
Date de publication :
28 févr. 2008
Dimensions :
24,2 x 16,3 x 2,4 cm
Poids :
635 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Jennifer Lackey reshapes the vigorous current debate on testimony by showing that the standard view of the transmission of knowledge by testimony is fundamentally misguided. Her radical new theory holds that testimony is itself an irreducible source of new knowledge, to which both speaker and hearer contribute.