Summary Epistemology of Testimony and Disagreement.edited.docx Epistemology of Testimony and Disagreement Grand Canyon University: PHI-301 Epistemology the study of how we find information out by asking people and then deciding on if we believe what they are

Epistemology of Testimony and D Epistemology of Testimony and Disagreement Grand Canyon University: PHI-301 Epistemology the study of how we find information out by asking people and then deciding on if we believe what they are saying is true or false. When it comes to believing other people, a lot of what we know depends on the testimony of history, geography, science, etc. A testimony can originate from many forms like diaries, newspapers, overheard conversations and even third-party sources. Testimonies are important because they enable us to find out things we that we may not have known before, and testimonies are really important ways of finding things out, the epistemology of testimonyseeks to explain how our beliefs about a testimony can be justified. Two opposing thoughts shape the precepts of a testimony. œOne is that testimony provides a unique kind of knowledge. The other is that testimonial knowledge i