Angus Ross is a contemporary analytic philosopher working in the epistemology of testimony. He is best known for his influential paper 'Why Do We Believe What We Are Told?' (1986), which examines the normative foundations of testimonial belief and defends a reductionist-adjacent account of testimonial justification. His work contributed to debates about whether testimony is a basic or derivative source of epistemic justification.
Authored 'Why Do We Believe What We Are Told?' (1986), a foundational paper in the epistemology of testimony
Analyzed the conditions under which testimonial chains can transmit justification across multiple speakers
Contributed to debates between reductionism and anti-reductionism about testimony as an epistemic source
Examined the social and normative dimensions of belief formed through interpersonal communication
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