Trust, Testimony, and the Epistemic Value of Historical Narrative

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Tozzi, María Verónica
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2025
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A significant contribution of narrativist philosophy of history (whether analytical, phenomenological, or poststructuralist) lies in its critique of relying solely on "strictly" epistemic criteria to evaluate historical narratives. Rather than assessing them based on empirical evidence alone, which is often seen as neutral and value-free, narrativism calls for a broader perspective. This is because no description of people and their behavior can be value-neutral. Narrativism thus aligns with constructivist theories of linguistic meaning, linked to the "linguistic turn." I propose a dialogue between narrativism and the epistemology of testimony. By adopting the latter's concepts (trust, authority, and epistemic community), narrativism can 1) reconstruct practices of epistemic validation in history and 2) address the historian’s responsibility to marginalized voices. Simultaneously, I argue that the epistemology of testimony should engage with narrativism to better understand the complexity of narrative constructions in epistemic communities.
Fil: Tozzi, María Verónica. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras. Instituto de Filosofía "Dr. Alejandro Korn"; Argentina
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EPISTEMOLOGIA
NARRATIVISMO
TESTEMUNHO
SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Trust, Testimony, and the Epistemic Value of Historical Narrative
title Trust, Testimony, and the Epistemic Value of Historical Narrative
spellingShingle Trust, Testimony, and the Epistemic Value of Historical Narrative
Tozzi, María Verónica
EPISTEMOLOGIA
NARRATIVISMO
TESTEMUNHO
SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY
title_short Trust, Testimony, and the Epistemic Value of Historical Narrative
title_full Trust, Testimony, and the Epistemic Value of Historical Narrative
title_fullStr Trust, Testimony, and the Epistemic Value of Historical Narrative
title_full_unstemmed Trust, Testimony, and the Epistemic Value of Historical Narrative
title_sort Trust, Testimony, and the Epistemic Value of Historical Narrative
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Tozzi, María Verónica
author Tozzi, María Verónica
author_facet Tozzi, María Verónica
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv EPISTEMOLOGIA
NARRATIVISMO
TESTEMUNHO
SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY
topic EPISTEMOLOGIA
NARRATIVISMO
TESTEMUNHO
SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY
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https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv A significant contribution of narrativist philosophy of history (whether analytical, phenomenological, or poststructuralist) lies in its critique of relying solely on "strictly" epistemic criteria to evaluate historical narratives. Rather than assessing them based on empirical evidence alone, which is often seen as neutral and value-free, narrativism calls for a broader perspective. This is because no description of people and their behavior can be value-neutral. Narrativism thus aligns with constructivist theories of linguistic meaning, linked to the "linguistic turn." I propose a dialogue between narrativism and the epistemology of testimony. By adopting the latter's concepts (trust, authority, and epistemic community), narrativism can 1) reconstruct practices of epistemic validation in history and 2) address the historian’s responsibility to marginalized voices. Simultaneously, I argue that the epistemology of testimony should engage with narrativism to better understand the complexity of narrative constructions in epistemic communities.
Fil: Tozzi, María Verónica. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras. Instituto de Filosofía "Dr. Alejandro Korn"; Argentina
description A significant contribution of narrativist philosophy of history (whether analytical, phenomenological, or poststructuralist) lies in its critique of relying solely on "strictly" epistemic criteria to evaluate historical narratives. Rather than assessing them based on empirical evidence alone, which is often seen as neutral and value-free, narrativism calls for a broader perspective. This is because no description of people and their behavior can be value-neutral. Narrativism thus aligns with constructivist theories of linguistic meaning, linked to the "linguistic turn." I propose a dialogue between narrativism and the epistemology of testimony. By adopting the latter's concepts (trust, authority, and epistemic community), narrativism can 1) reconstruct practices of epistemic validation in history and 2) address the historian’s responsibility to marginalized voices. Simultaneously, I argue that the epistemology of testimony should engage with narrativism to better understand the complexity of narrative constructions in epistemic communities.
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