IV.--TESTIMONY AND AUTHORITY

Arnon Keren * Epistemic Authority , Testimony and the Transmission of Knowledge

I present an account of what it is to trust a speaker, and argue that the account can explain the common intuitions which structure the debate about the transmission view of testimony. According to the suggested account, to trust a speaker is to grant her epistemic authority on the asserted proposition, and hence to see her opinion as issuing a second order, preemptive reason for believing the ...

FS IV 02 – 26 Delegation versus Authority

Delegation versus Authority by Daniel Krähmer The paper studies the role of delegation and authority within a principal-agent relation in which a non-contractible action has to be taken. The agent has private information relevant for the principal, but has policy preferences different from the principal. Consequently, an information revelation problem arises. We contribute to the literature by ...

Testimony and Illusion

Testimony, Transmission, and Safety

a 4 : 1 pp. 27 – 43, 2008 TESTIMONY, TRANSMISSION, AND SAFETY

Neuroimaging and Eyewitness Testimony

This paper will explore how breakthroughs in neuroscience, specifically neuroimaging, can be used to validate eyewitness testimony. Though the use of direct evidence is decreasing, due to findings of numerous wrongful convictions that were based on eyewitness testimonies, it is still an element of many criminal trials today. Cross-examination is used to validate eyewitness testimony because mem...