Knowledge on Trust by Paul Faulkner
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ISBN: 9780198709336
Oxford University Press | 01 February 2015
Paperback | 228 pages
In Knowledge on Trust, Paul Faulkner presents an epistemological theory of testimony, or a theory that explains how it is that we acquire knowledge and warranted belief from testimony. The key questions addressed in this book are what makes it reasonable to accept a piece of testimony and what warrants belief formed on this testimonial basis. Faulkner argues that trust is central to answering these questions and explores how testimonial knowledge and warranted belief are formed “on trust,” examining existing theories of testimony and offering a rigorous account of the role of trust in our knowledge practices.