Reliability Evaluation Transmission of Testimony: A Case of Wikipedia
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The transmission of testimony is concept of social epistemology on testimony. This is concept as interested in transmits knowledge from the speaker (or testifier) to the hearer, or information to receiver. According to generally, the transmission of testimony holds that testimonial knowledge dependence on speaker’s belief. However, Jennifer Lackey (2006b) told that the knowledge transferred from speaker to the hearer does not depend on speaker’s belief. This article, I rely on Lackey’s thesis that is called “Reliability of the Statement-Necessity thesis” (RS-N) for consider transmission of testimony case of Wikipedia. I show that, Wikipedia is transmission of testimonial knowledge to receiver does not have depend on speaker's belief and it also have reliable based on RS-N.
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