From both an inferential perspective and from the standpoint of the law of evidence, it is a mistake to "conflate," or mush together, the question of personal knowledge vel non
and the question of the existence or nonexistence of some matter of fact (or the truth or falsity of some factual statement). A person may usefully be said to have personal or
first-hand knowledge of some matter and it may yet be true that the matter does not exist or is false.
A witness has "personal knowledge" (or "first hand knowledge") if his or her sense organs have received sensory signals (e.g., photons) that may be indicative of the existence
of some matter (e.g., a red light). That a witness's eyes received such sensory signals does not rule out the possibility that the matter in issue did not exist (e.g., that the light on
the warning apparatus above an intersection was not in fact red).
cREVGeneral revUniqueID 1246236783637 From both an inferential perspective and from the standpoint of the law of evidence, it is a mistake to "conflate," or mush together, the question of personal knowledge vel non and the question of the existence or nonexistence of some matter of fact (or the truth or falsity of some factual statement). A person may usefully be said to have personal or gfirst-hand knowledge of some matter and it may yet be true that the matter does not exist or is false. A witness has "personal knowledge" (or "first hand knowledge") if his or her sense organs have received sensory signals (e.g., photons) that may be indicative of the existence of some matter (e.g., a red light). That a witness's eyes received such sensory signals does not rule out the possibility that the matter in issue did not exist (e.g., that the light on Bthe warning apparatus above an intersection was not in fact red). On "personal knowledge" E ;on mouseUp speakAlert "From both an inferential perspective and from the standpoint of the law of evidence, it is a mistake to conflate, or mush together, the question of the existence or non-existence of personal knowledge and the question of the existence or nonexistence of some matter of fact (or the truth or falsity of some factual statement). A person may usefully be said to have personal or first-hand knowledge of some matter and it may yet be said that the matter does not exist or is false. A witness has personal knowledge (or first hand knowledge) if his or her sense organs have received sensory signals (for example, photons) that may be indicative of the existence of some matter (for example, a red light). That a witness's eyes received such sensory signals does not rule out the possibility that the matter in issue did not exist (for example, that the light on the warning apparatus above an intersection was not in fact red)." end mouseUp on speakAlert theText if theText is empty then exit speakAlert -- skip the rest try -- in case revSpeak isn't installed revSpeak theText catch theError -- if the "revSpeak" command fails put return & "(Cannot speak text on this system.)" \ after theText beep -- make a sound to get the user's attention end try answer theText end speakAlert ! ; @ cREVGeneral revUniqueID 1241139616827scripteditorvscroll 0scripteditorselection 226 Previous Card G Jon mouseUp visual effect scroll right slowly go to prev card end mouseUp c [ H B @ cREVGeneral revUniqueID 1055033531625scripteditorvscroll 0scripteditorselection 29 Personal knowledge - cREVTable currentview 1Assessment of the Personal Knowledge of a Witness cREVGeneral revUniqueID 1246168122240 2Assessment of the Personal Knowledge of a Witness Witness W & cREVTable currentview Witness: cREVGeneral revUniqueID 1246162470973 Witness: Fact in issue p ( cREVTable currentview Fact in issue: cREVGeneral revUniqueID 1246162520743 Fact in issue: Witness )` * cREVGeneral revUniqueID 1246162644303 Fact in issue )` & cREVGeneral revUniqueID 1246162656454 Fact in issue M+H ( cREVTable currentview LEvidence of the personal knowledge of this witness about this fact or event: cREVGeneral revUniqueID 1246162697094 MEvidence of the personal knowledge of this witness about this fact or event: Evidence )` ^\ cREVGeneral revUniqueID 1246162812983 ` @ Z] Make New Card D *on mouseUp doMenu "New Card" end mouseUp ^ l < ' cREVGeneral revUniqueID 1246162900014scripteditorvscroll 0scripteditorselection 0 Questions & Issues E :on mouseUp go to stack "Questions & Issues" end mouseUp Q & ' cREVGeneral revUniqueID 1246162938600 Witnesses D :on mouseUp go to stack "Persons.Witnesses" end mouseUp M & % cREVGeneral revUniqueID 1246162959656 Raw evidence E 5on mouseUp go to stack "Raw Evidence" end mouseUp " Q$ $ % cREVGeneral scripteditorvscroll 0 revUniqueID 1246162982337 Network Manager E Uon mouseUp visual effect dissolve go to card 2 of stack "Network" end mouseUp F% ; cREVGeneral revUniqueID 1246163049946scripteditorvscroll 0scripteditorselection 36 Return to Witness Credibility E =on mouseUp go to stack "Witness Credibility" end mouseUp ]G ; cREVGeneral revUniqueID 1246163076465scripteditorvscroll 0scripteditorselection 10 Next Card G Uon mouseUp visual effect scroll left very slowly go to next card end mouseUp @@ H H # A cREVGeneral revUniqueID 1246164276200scripteditorvscroll 0scripteditorselection 0