Testimony and Social Evidence in the COVID-19 Era

Proceedings

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Raffaela Giovagnoli¹ 

[1] Faculty of Philosophy, Pontifical Lateran University

关键词: social epistemology;    testimony;    COVID-19;    social evidence;    commitment;    entitlement;    social practices;   

DOI  :  10.3390/proceedings2022081088

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: mdpi

【 摘 要 】

We discuss the problem of testimony starting from the debate in social epistemology, which is strictly related to the nature of social evidence. We want to know what we can take for granted regarding shared knowledge, especially in critical situations, such as in the COVID-19 era. It is not only a matter of who we can trust or what we can accept using our own epistemic resources. Rather, it is important to establish a plausible connection between testimony and social evidence, i.e., the objectivity of the content of beliefs that we can share.

【 授权许可】

CC BY