Is Testimonial Knowledge Second-Hand Knowledge?
2015; Springer Science+Business Media; Volume: 81; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1007/s10670-015-9774-6
ISSN1572-8420
Autores Tópico(s)Deception detection and forensic psychology
ResumoFricker (2006a) has proposed that a hearer’s knowledge that p acquired through trusting a speaker requires the speaker to know that p, and that therefore testimonial knowledge through trust is necessarily second-hand knowledge. In this paper, I argue that Fricker’s view is problematic for four reasons: firstly, Fricker’s dismissal of a central challenge to the second-handedness of testimonial knowledge is based on a significant misrepresentation of this challenge; secondly, on closer scrutiny an important distinction Fricker wants to draw is compromised by her account of trust; thirdly, Fricker’s conception of trust is at odds with our natural understanding of this notion; fourthly, the reasons Fricker cites in support of her view are not sufficient to single out her view as the correct one, since rival views can also accommodate the relevant data.
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