ANAELE, Simon Ahidjo

A CRITIQUE OF JENNIFER LACKEY'S EPISTEMOLOGY OF TESTIMONY

This paper critically examines Jennifer Lackey’s epistemology of testimony, focusing on her rejection of the traditional transmission model and her attempt to explain testimonial knowledge through a generative account. Testimony remains a fundamental issue in contemporary epistemology because a significant portion of human knowledge is acquired through the assertions and communications of others. However, the conditions under which testimonial beliefs constitute knowledge continue to generate philosophical disagreement. This paper argues that while Lackey’s critique of the transmission model successfully challenges …