Arnon Keren is a contemporary Israeli epistemologist whose work centers on the epistemology of testimony, trust, and the conditions under which we are justified in believing what others tell us. He has contributed to debates about the social dimensions of knowledge, examining how testimonial justification propagates through chains of informants and the role trust plays in epistemic practice. His research engages with both foundationalist and coherentist approaches to testimonial warrant.
Developed accounts of how testimonial justification can be transmitted through chains of testimony
Analyzed the relationship between trust and epistemic justification in social knowledge transmission
Contributed to debates on anti-reductionism and reductionism in the epistemology of testimony
Examined the conditions under which testimonial belief constitutes genuine knowledge
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