La prueba testimonial y la epistemología del testimonio
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https://doi.org/10.5347/40.2014.99Keywords:
testimony, epistemology, testimonial evidence, reductionism, credibility, relevance, explanatory power, probative forceAbstract
Testimonial Evidence and the Epistemology of Testimony
During the last few years, the question regarding the justifi cation of our testimonial beliefs has become central in epistemology. Few of these discussions, however, have found their way to evidence law. In this paper I analyze witness testimony in the light of these refl ections aiming to uncover the epistemological suppositions that underlie some procedural principles. Specifi cally, I examine American and Colombian legislation within the context of the dispute between reductionism and anti-reductionism about testimony. In the end I suggest an epistemological approach that restates the terms of the dispute, and which has important implications for the assessment of witness testimony in judicial processes.
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