In defense of non-reductionism in the epistemology of testimony

Timothy Perrine

pp. 3227-3237

in: Synthese 191 (14), 2014.

Abstract

Almost everyone agrees that many testimonial beliefs constitute knowledge. According to non-reductionists, some testimonial beliefs possess positive epistemic status independent of that conferred by perception, memory, and induction. Recently, Jennifer Lackey has provided a counterexample to a popular version of this view. Here I argue that her counterexample fails.