Contagious knowledge : a study in the epistemology of testimony

Knowledge is contagious, at least in the sense that the testimony of others can, on occasions, be a source of knowledge. Theories of the epistemology of testimony attempt to account for this, and one can discern two broad themes emerging from the currently burgeoning literature. The first is an infe...

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Main Author: Wanderer, Jeremy
Published: London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London) 2002
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.270234