Readership: Advanced students and scholars of philosophy
Jennifer Lackey, Northwestern University
"In Learning from Words Jennifer Lackey professes to revolutionize the epistem ology of testimony... Even though Lackey's arguments do not always convince me, the book is certainly s must-read for epistemologists of testimony. Not only does she characterize the main battlefields of the debate with outstanding clarity, her substantive and often novel and insightful contributions provide an unmissable source of ideas for anyone working in the field." - Christoph Kelp, The Philosophical Quarterly
"...presents a sustained, and engaging, argument for a distinctive epistemological position... admirably clear and densely argued, Epistemology needed a new look at testimony and Learning from Words gives it one." - Paul Faulkner,
Introduction 1: The Nature of Testimony 2: Rejecting Transmission 3: A Defense of Learning from Words 4: Norms of Assertion and Testimonial Knowledge 5: A Critique of Reductionism and Non-Reductionism 6: Dualism in the Epistemology of Testimony 7: Positive Reasons, Defeaters, and the Infant/Child Objection 8: Trust and Assurance: The Interpersonal View of Testimony Appendix. Memory as a Generative Epistemic Source
