Concept tag
#testimony
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Testimony is an independent source of knowledge, not reducible to perception or inference
The Nyāya school counts testimony (śabda) as a distinct means of valid knowledge (pramāṇa), alongside perception, inference and comparison. The Vaiśeṣikas and Buddhist epistemologists like Dignāga disagreed, reducing testimony to a form of inference: I infer the truth of what you say…
Started by Meera Kulkarni6 replies -
Barnes is right: being disabled is not in itself bad for you
I came to philosophy through effective altruism, where it's common to count disability as a reduction in wellbeing and to rank interventions accordingly. Elizabeth Barnes's The Minority Body changed my mind, and I want to defend her thesis. Thesis: disability is a…
Started by Ethan Mercer7 replies -
Where a claim came from is often the best evidence you have about it
Yoruba speech draws a careful line between what you have seen for yourself and what you have only heard. My grandmother's first question on hearing any news was "who told you?", and then "who told them?" I used to find it tiresome.…
Started by Titilayo Adeyemi6 replies