Testimony : a philosophical study - Coady, C. A. J. (Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1994)
I. The Problematic : 1. The Domain of Testimony -- 2. What is Testimony? -- 3. Objections and Clarifications -- II. The Tradition : 4. Testimony, Observation, and the Reductive Approach -- 5. Deciding for Testimony -- 6. The Analogical Approach -- 7. Scottish Fundamentalism -- III. The Solution : 8. The Status of Testimony -- 9. Language and Mind -- IV. The Puzzles : 10. Astonishing Reports -- 11. The Disappearance of History -- 12. Dretske's Drinker -- V. The Applications : 13. Collingwood and Historical Testimony -- 14. Mathematical Knowledge and Reliable Authority -- 15. The Witness of Psychology -- 16. Experts and the Law.
First published 1992
Lisäpainokset: Repr. 2002.
Keywords: todentaminen; todistajat; tietoteoria; epäily