Tim Kenyon is a contemporary analytic philosopher specializing in epistemology and philosophy of language, particularly the social dimensions of knowledge transmission. His work examines how testimony functions as a source of justified belief, including the conditions under which justification is preserved or generated across chains of testimony. He has contributed to debates about the reliability and normativity of testimonial knowledge.
Argued that testimonial justification can be generated through chains of testimony, not merely transmitted
Contributed to debates on the normativity of testimony and epistemic responsibility
Worked on the intersection of philosophy of language and social epistemology
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