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    contemporaryAnalytic Philosophy, Social Epistemology

    Webb is a contemporary analytic philosopher working in social epistemology, particularly the epistemology of testimony. Their work examines how knowledge and justification can be transmitted through chains of testimonial exchange, contributing to debates about the conditions under which testimony-based belief is epistemically warranted.

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    Defended the epistemic viability of extended testimonial chains for generating justified belief

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    Contributed to debates on the transmission versus generation of epistemic justification via testimony

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    Engaged with foundationalist and coherentist accounts of testimonial knowledge

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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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