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.
Authored The Community of Knowledge (1993), a foundational text in testimony epistemology
Argued that testimony can genuinely transmit knowledge, not merely produce justified belief
Developed the chain-of-testimony model for inherited epistemic entitlement
Contributed to debates on the social dimensions of knowledge acquisition
Dive Deeper
Explore Truth & Knowledge→