A humean account of testimonial justification

• Main Author: RYAN, Shane
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2014
• Subjects: Humean account; testimonial justification; phenomenology; acceptance; testifier; assertions; monitoring; dialectically; credulist position; dual process theory; Epistemology
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3694; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/4952/viewcontent/A_Humean_Account_of_Testimonial_Justific.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

I argue that a Humean account can make sense of the phenomenology associated with testimonial justification; the phenomenology being that in standard cases hearers regularly simply accept a testifier’s assertions as true – hearers don't engage in monitoring. The upshot is that a Humean account...