Evaluating Testimony
Testimony is an essential source of evidence. But testimony is often misleading. So good reasoning involves assessing the reliability of a source of testimony. In this text, we will see some signs of highly reliable sources and unreliable sources, and consider a number of examples.
Topics
- bias
- conflicts of interest
- experience
- expertise
- expertise creep
- reliability
- reliable testimony
- reputation
- sources of testimony
- testimony
- unreliable testimony