Philosophy / Unit 2 Philosophy 0070 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Testimony
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The idea
Testimony is knowledge acquired from others' say-so—and most of what anyone knows arrives this way.
In practice
Your birth date, the boiling point of iron, the existence of Antarctica: learned from records, teachers, and maps, not firsthand.
Where people slip
Depending on testimony is not a weakness; the question is which sources have earned the trust.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
Unlocks
- Nothing yet depends on this.
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