Charlie Pelling is a contemporary analytic epistemologist whose work focuses on the epistemology of testimony, particularly the conditions under which testimonial justification is transmitted through chains of informants. His research examines how beliefs can be justified via testimony even in complex transmission scenarios where intermediate links in the chain may lack full understanding of the content.
Defended the transmission of testimonial justification through multi-link testimony chains
Contributed to debates on the nature and limits of testimonial knowledge
Examined conditions under which testimony generates versus merely preserves epistemic justification
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