Testimony : a philosophical study /
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| Author / Creator: | Coady, C. A. J. |
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| Imprint: | Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University, 1992. |
| Description: | x, 315 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1292476 |
Table of Contents:
- testimony
- Testimony
- Preface
- I. the Problematic
- 1. The Domain of Testimony
- 2. What is Testimony?
- 3. Objections and Clarifications
- Ii. the Tradition
- 4. Testimony, Observation, and the Reductive Approach
- 5. Deciding for Testimony
- 6. The Analogical Approach
- 7. Scottish Fundamentalism
- Iii. the Solution
- 8. The Status of Testimony
- 9. Language and Mind
- Iv. the Puzzles
- 10. Astonishing Reports
- 11. The Disappearance of History
- 12. Dretske's Drinker
- V. the Applications
- 13. Collingwood and Historical Testimony
- 14. Mathematical Knowledge and Reliable Authority
- 15. The Witness of Psychology
- 16. Experts and the Law
- Bibliography
- Index