The epistemic significance of address
Synthese 190 (6):1059-1078 (2013)
| Abstract | The overwhelming consensus amongst epistemologists is that there is no salient epistemological difference between the addressees of a speaker’s testimony and non-addressees. I argue that this overwhelming consensus is mistaken. Addressees of a speaker’s testimony are entitled to pass the epistemic buck or defer justificatory responsibility for their beliefs back to the testimonial speaker, while non-addressees are not. I then develop a provisional account of address that is in a position to mark this epistemic distinction between addressees and non-addressees | |||||||||
| Keywords | Testimony Address Epistemic responsibility Deference Buck passing | |||||||||
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