Tag: testimony

• Testify!

  Summary In this increasingly partisan world, many of us are listening only to people we already agree with. But can we learn things from the speech of people on the “other side”? In this episode, we learn how Nyaya philosophers think testimony can be a powerful tool for conveying knowledge, regardless of religion or political…

  Malcolm

  October 23, 2020

  Season 2

  epistemology, nyaya, testimony

• Episode 6: Expertise

  Summary Who should you listen to? Now, more than ever before, we have access to advice from a range of self-proclaimed experts. Anyone with a webcam and an Internet connection can dole out advice. But how do we tell if someone is trustworthy? In this episode, I test some so-called experts based on the requirements…

  Malcolm

  May 1, 2020

  Season 1

  authority, epistemology, nyaya, testimony, trust