Testimony, evidence and interpersonal reasons

• Autores: Nick Leonard
• Localización: Philosophical Studies, ISSN-e 1573-0883, Vol. 173, Nº. 9, 2016, págs. 2333-2352
• Idioma: alemán
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• Resumen

  • According to the Interpersonal View of Testimony (IVT), testimonial justification is non-evidential in nature. I begin by arguing that the IVT has the following problem: If the IVT is true, then young children and people with autism cannot participate in testimonial exchanges; but young children and people with autism can participate in testimonial exchanges; thus, the IVT should be rejected on the grounds that it has over-cognized what it takes to give and receive testimony. Afterwards, I consider what I take to be the two best motivations for the IVT and argue that they both fail. The overarching lesson, then, is that the IVT is unmotivated and false; we should think of testimonial justification as being evidential in nature.