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Human Testimony
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Burge maintains that human beings are entitled to accept the testimony of other human beings simply in virtue of the fact that we are all rational believers. Reid maintains that human testimony depends on distinctive features of human psychology that may not be shared by all rational creatures. This chapter argues that, on this point, Reid is correct. The transmission of belief (and so knowledge) exploits our human emotional psychology and in particular the impact the expression of emotion makes on other humans. It would not work among rational creatures with a different emotional psychology. The chapter concludes by elaborating the criticisms of the assurance model offered in Chapter 9.
Title: Human Testimony
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Burge maintains that human beings are entitled to accept the testimony of other human beings simply in virtue of the fact that we are all rational believers.
Reid maintains that human testimony depends on distinctive features of human psychology that may not be shared by all rational creatures.
This chapter argues that, on this point, Reid is correct.
The transmission of belief (and so knowledge) exploits our human emotional psychology and in particular the impact the expression of emotion makes on other humans.
It would not work among rational creatures with a different emotional psychology.
The chapter concludes by elaborating the criticisms of the assurance model offered in Chapter 9.
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