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Mette Hansen

Disciplines:
epistemology

Summary

Scandinavian philosopher working on the epistemology of testimony — how we acquire knowledge from what others tell us.

Core Contribution

Contributed to the debate between reductionism and anti-reductionism about testimony — whether testimonial justification requires independent positive reasons for trusting the testifier.

Historical Influences

Elizabeth Fricker Tyler Burge

Intellectual Lineage

Analytic Epistemology

Contemporaries & Peers

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Intellectual Posterity

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