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9214 | Unsupported testimony may still be believable [Fine,K] |
Full Idea: I may have good reason to believe some testimony, for example, even though the person providing the testimony has no good reason for saying what he does. | |
From: Kit Fine (The Varieties of Necessity [2002], 5) | |
A reaction: Thus small children, madmen and dreamers may occasionally get things right without realising it. I take testimony to be merely one more batch of evidence which has to be assessed in building the most coherent picture possible. |
6398 | Different points of view make sense, but they must be plotted on a common background [Davidson] |
Full Idea: Different points of view make sense, but only if there is a common co-ordinate system on which to plot them. | |
From: Donald Davidson (The Very Idea of a Conceptual Scheme [1974], p.184) | |
A reaction: This seems right to me. I am very struck by the close similarities between people from wildly differing cultural backgrounds, as seen, for example, at the Olympic Games. |