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    Michael Welbourne

    contemporaryAnalytic Philosophy, Epistemology

    Michael Welbourne is a British analytic philosopher known primarily for his work in the epistemology of testimony. He developed an influential account of how knowledge can be transmitted through chains of testimony, arguing that testimony is a genuine source of knowledge rather than merely justified belief. His book The Community of Knowledge (1993) is a central contribution to the philosophy of testimony.

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    Authored The Community of Knowledge (1993), a foundational text in testimony epistemology

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    Argued that testimony can genuinely transmit knowledge, not merely produce justified belief

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    Developed the chain-of-testimony model for inherited epistemic entitlement

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    Contributed to debates on the social dimensions of knowledge acquisition

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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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