Testimonial Trustworthiness: Truthfulness and Trust
Believing someone is, as Elizabeth Anscombe said, "trusting him for the truth." Recent accounts of how we trust speakers for the truth have given a central role to speaker trustworthiness but have said little about what speaker trustworthiness is. I argue that it is best to think of speake...
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| Tipo di documento: | Elettronico Articolo |
| Lingua: | Inglese |
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[2018]
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American catholic philosophical quarterly
Anno: 2018, Volume: 92, Fascicolo: 2, Pagine: 249-276 |
| Altre parole chiave: | B
Truth
Religious aspects
B ANSCOMBE, G. E. M. (Gertrude Elizabeth Margaret), 1919-2001 B Epistemics B Faith B Virtue epistemology |
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| Riepilogo: | Believing someone is, as Elizabeth Anscombe said, "trusting him for the truth." Recent accounts of how we trust speakers for the truth have given a central role to speaker trustworthiness but have said little about what speaker trustworthiness is. I argue that it is best to think of speaker trustworthiness as the virtue of truthfulness. I give an account of truthfulness, show how that account solves problems for other accounts of speaker trustworthiness, and then use my account to explain the epistemic benefits of trusting a truthful speaker. |
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| ISSN: | 2153-8441 |
| Comprende: | Enthalten in: American catholic philosophical quarterly
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.5840/acpq2018313149 |
