Abstract According to the Assurance Theory of testimony, in telling an audience something, a speaker offers their assurance that what is told true, which something like guarantee, or promise, truth. However, speakers also tell lies and say things they do not have authority back up. So why does understanding tellings be form explain how can provide reason for belief? This paper argues reasons co...

Each of the three volumes Erasmus Francisci’s Acerra Exoticorum (1672-74), a collection stories and reports from all corners known world, begins with Vorrede to reader. These texts address rationale for his work, apologize errors in spelling and/or meaning, outline thinking about histories, or more precisely, difference between current events histories proven true by test time. tomes offers ove...

Autoethnography is a qualitative research methodology that centers self in social and cultural analysis. Building on the emerging study of inner work systems transformations, this article explores potential contributions autoethnography as methodological companion to By layering excerpts from an exploring my maternal family’s history Finnish immigrants northern Ontario, Canada with conventional...