TIME SENSITIVITY AND ACCEPTANCE OF TESTIMONY

• Authors: Alsamaani Nader
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Time sensitivity seems to affect our intuitive evaluation of the reasonable risk of fallibility in testimonies. All things being equal, we tend to be less demanding in accepting time sensitive testimonies as opposed to time insensitive testimonies. This paper considers this intuitive response to testimonies as a strategy of acceptance. It argues that the intuitive strategy, which takes time sensitivity into account, is epistemically superior to two adjacent strategies that do not: the undemanding strategy adopted by non-reductionists and the cautious strategy adopted by reductionists. The paper demonstrates that in adopting the intuitive strategy of acceptance, one is likely to form more true beliefs and fewer false beliefs. Also, in following the intuitive strategy, the listener will be fulfilling his epistemic duties more efficiently.

Keywords

EN

TESTIMONY; TIME SENSITIVITY; REDUCTIONISM; NON-REDUCTIONISM

• Publisher: Institute of Philosophy of the Slovak Academy of Sciences and Institute of Philosophy of Academy of Sciences of Czech Republic
• Journal: Organon F. medzinárodný časopis pre analytickú filozofiu
• Year: 2020
• Volume: 27
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 422 - 436

Contributors

author

Alsamaani Nader

• Department of Cultural Studies, College of Sharia, Qassim University, P. O. Box: 6666, 51452 Saudi Arabia

Identifiers

DOI

https://doi.org/10.31577/orgf.2020.27401