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(2013) Synthese 190 (6).
The overwhelming consensus amongst epistemologists is that there is no salient epistemological difference between the addressees of a speaker’s testimony and non-addressees. I argue that this overwhelming consensus is mistaken. Addressees of a speaker’s testimony are entitled to pass the epistemic buck or defer justificatory responsibility for their beliefs back to the testimonial speaker, while non-addressees are not. I then develop a provisional account of address that is in a position to mark this epistemic distinction between addressees and non-addressees.
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DOI: 10.1007/s11229-011-9871-2
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McMyler, B. (2013). The epistemic significance of address. Synthese 190 (6), pp. 1059-1078.