Benjamin McMyler
Biographic Data
| ID | 5966009 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Benjamin McMyler |
| GIVEN NAMES | Benjamin |
| FAMILY NAME | McMyler |
| SIGNATURE | MCMYLER B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Mitchell Institute |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9964-5076 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Interpersonal trust in children's testimonial learning
Within the growing developmental literature on children's testimonial learning, the emphasis placed on children's evaluations of testimonial evidence has shielded from view some of the more collaborative dimensions of testimonial learning. Drawing on recent philosophical work on testimony and interpersonal trust, we argue for an alternative way of conceptualizing the social nature of testimonial learning. On this alternative, some testimonial lea…
Encultured knowing
On not making up one’s own mind
The epistemic significance of address
Testimony, Address, and the Second Person
Testimony, Trust, and Authority
Much of what we know is acquired by taking things on the word of other people whom we trust and treat as authorities concerning what to believe. But what exactly is it to take someone's word for something? What is it to treat another as an authority concerning what to believe, and what is it to then trust this person for the truth? Benjamin McMyler argues that philosophers have failed to appreciate the nature and significance of our epistemic dep…
Doxastic Coercion
Journal Article Doxastic Coercion Get access Benjamin McMyler Benjamin McMyler Texas A&M University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 61, Issue 244, July 2011, Pages 537–557, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9213.2011.693.x Published: 02 February 2011
Testimony, Trust, and Authority
Much of what we know is acquired by taking things on the word of other people whom we trust and treat as authorities concerning what to believe. But what exactly is it to take someone's word for something? What is it to treat another as an authority concerning what to believe, and what is it to then trust this person for the truth? Benjamin McMyler argues that philosophers have failed to appreciate the nature and significance of our epistemic dep…
Doxastic Coercion
Journal Article Doxastic Coercion Get access Benjamin McMyler Benjamin McMyler Texas A&M University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 61, Issue 244, July 2011, Pages 537–557, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9213.2011.693.x Published: 02 February 2011
Testimony, Address, and the Second Person
The epistemic significance of address
On not making up one’s own mind
Interpersonal trust in children's testimonial learning
Within the growing developmental literature on children's testimonial learning, the emphasis placed on children's evaluations of testimonial evidence has shielded from view some of the more collaborative dimensions of testimonial learning. Drawing on recent philosophical work on testimony and interpersonal trust, we argue for an alternative way of conceptualizing the social nature of testimonial learning. On this alternative, some testimonial lea…
Encultured knowing
Epistemology (6 works) · Philosophy (6 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics (4 works) · Metaphysics (3 works) · Philosophy of language (3 works) · Testimonial (3 works) · Artificial Intelligence (2 works) · Artificial Intelligence (2 works)