Testimony and Morality Let us now turn to the second objection. According to it, it can be rational to take another person’s word and believe her even in cases where one does not vindicate one’s view about the speaker’s trustworthiness… Read More ›
belief acquisition
On the Rationality of Word-Taking, Part I, Juha Räikkä
Abstract It is rather commonly assumed that “trustworthiness” is a trait among others and can be appraised with evidence, although trust may go beyond evidence in some cases. It is also rather commonly assumed that a sort of estimation of… Read More ›