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Reasoning

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Philosophy of Science (IDC1201) 2021

1. INTRODUCTION testimony have become increasingly discussed in


contemporary philosophy, with the debate widening
The word “testimony” is used in everyday life. It is out from epistemology to other fields such as
commonly used by every person. In most cases, it philosophy of mind, action theory, and philosophy
is frequently used in the courtrooms. It is used as a of language[ CITATION Epi17 \l 1033 ].
label for the beliefs, knowledge or to present your
2.2. Assessment of testimony
idea. In courtrooms, testimonials are used to prove
innocence or guilt. Testimonials play a huge role in We need to assess the credibility of the testimony,
the current context. Therefore it is better to dive before taking any decision. Testimonial providing
further, to understand the testimony. How it is persons need to have the ability to recall the
interconnected with philosophy, how it is related to previous knowledge and incidents to become
human behaviors, and what is the real meaning of credible testimony. He should be able to recognize
testimony. the source of reliable information, an event, or the
phenomena.
2. TESTIMONY
3. REASONS AND RATIONALITY
According to the Oxford dictionary, the meaning of Rationality implies the conformity of one's beliefs
the testimony is “a formal written or spoken with one's reasons to believe, and of one's actions
statement saying what you know to be true, usually with one's reasons for action. Sometimes reasons
in court”[ CITATION Oxf21 \l 1033 ] The word are referred to as rationality. Reasons provide some
“court” is also included in the definition of the sort of explanation. Some it would explain the
testimony. Therefore it is obvious the word cause for an action or event and justifies.
testimony is closely related to the court. In modern Reasoning and rationality are interdisciplinary
society, testimony is considered one of the main areas. Reasoning and rationality are frequently used
sources of belief. One person's testimony will as synonyms. But they are not. Something rational
create diffusion within the society. These is not always reasonable. Reason provides an
testimonies will create the diffusion among the explanation, justification for an event or action,
news, information, opinion, gossip, etc. while rationality will depend upon the quality of the
Testimonies will help to preserve the heritage person, whether he thinks and makes logical and
knowledge and beliefs, especially areas related to sensible decisions. Rationality is started from the
history, science, etc. reasons but the reasons are not started from
2.1 Philosophy of testimony rationality.
Testimony is related to philosophy. Philosophy of 3.1. Why do humans reason
the testimony considers the nature of the languages, The reasoning is generally used to improve
knowledge’s confluence, and beliefs between the knowledge and it will lead to better decisions.
speaker and listeners are transferred through the However, reasons might lead to distortion and lead
testimonials. Testimony constitutes words, to poor decisions. Reasoning so conceived is
gestures, or utterances that convey beliefs. adaptive given the exceptional dependence of
Testimony is depending on the grounding beliefs humans on communication and their vulnerability
and knowledge of the person who is making the to misinformation[ CITATION Hug11 \l 1033 ].
testimonies. Primarily concern of the testimony is Lack of argumentative context will lead to poor
related to epistemology. Epistemology interlocks performance of reasoning.
the testimony with the philosophy. In the field of
philosophy, testimony is defined as the intentional
transfer of a belief from one person to another. The
transfer can be verbal, written, or signaled in some
way. Issues concerning the epistemology of

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