Credibility and the Distribution of Epistemic Goods

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Abstract

What is the norm governing our credibility assessments of others? According to Miranda Fricker, the answer is “obvious”: we should match the level of credibility attributed to others to the evidence that they are offering the truth. In this paper, I will show that this evidentialist norm of credibility assessments is seriously wanting. In particular, I will identify and develop two kinds of testimonial injustice, which I call distributive and normative, and argue that this norm is fundamentally incapable of ruling them out. Finally, I will develop and defend an alternative norm—what I call the Wide Norm of Credibility—that not only avoids the problems afflicting the evidentialist version, but also makes vivid both the relational and normative dimensions of our credibility assessments.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationSynthese Library
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media B.V.
Pages145-168
Number of pages24
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2018
Externally publishedYes

Publication series

NameSynthese Library
Volume398
ISSN (Print)0166-6991
ISSN (Electronic)2542-8292

Keywords

  • Distributive testimonial injustice
  • Normative testimonial injustice
  • Norms of credibility
  • Testimony
  • Wide norm of credibility

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • History and Philosophy of Science
  • History
  • Language and Linguistics
  • Logic

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