Testimony : a philosophical study / C.A.J. Coady.
1992
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Title
Testimony : a philosophical study / C.A.J. Coady.
Published
Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1992.
Call Number
BD181 .C59 1992
ISBN
0198247869 :
Description
x, 315 pages ; 24 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)24064985
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [305]-309) and index.
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Table of Contents
I
The Problematic
1
1The Domain of Testimony
3
2What is Testimony?
25
3Objections and Clarifications
54
II
The Tradition
77
4Testimony, Observation, and the Reductive Approach
79
5Deciding for Testimony
101
6The Analogical Approach
114
7Scottish Fundamentalism
120
III
The Solution
131
8The Status of Testimony
133
9Language and Mind
152
IV
The Puzzles
177
10Astonishing Reports
179
11The Disappearance of History
199
12Dretske's Drinker
224
V
The Applications
231
13Collingwood and Historical Testimony
233
14Mathematical Knowledge and Reliable Authority
249
15The Witness of Psychology
262
16Experts and the Law
277
Bibliography
305
Index
311