When Logic Meets Politics: Testimony, Distrust, and Rhetorical Disadvantage

The contested testimony in the Hill-Thomas ease is an illuminating test case for universalistic theories about the reliability of testimony. There is no reasonable alternative to universalistic standards of epistemic appraisal. And yet the charge by feminists and others that such criteria can be ap...

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Main Author: Trudy Govier
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Windsor 1993-01-01
Series:Informal Logic
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Online Access:https://informallogic.ca/index.php/informal_logic/article/view/2476