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    Joseph Shieber

    contemporaryAnalytic Philosophy, Social Epistemology

    Joseph Shieber is a contemporary analytic philosopher and professor at Lafayette College whose work focuses on social epistemology, the epistemology of testimony, and the nature of knowledge transmission. He is the author of 'Testimony: A Philosophical Introduction' and has contributed significantly to debates about how beliefs and justification propagate through chains of testimony. His work examines the normative conditions under which testimony generates knowledge or justified belief.

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    Authored 'Testimony: A Philosophical Introduction', a systematic treatment of testimonial knowledge

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    Developed accounts of how justification transmits through chains of testimony

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    Contributed to debates on the reductionism/anti-reductionism divide in testimony epistemology

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    Advanced social epistemology through analysis of epistemic norms governing testimony

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    Testimonial justification can be generated through a chain of testimony even when the transmitting testifier lacks justified belief

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