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Evidence

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Richard Swinburne argues for a doxastic theory of evidence and of having it. That is, evidence consists in beliefs and having p as evidence consists in having the basic belief that p. At least, that is the core case. Beliefs, though, vary in strength, and Swinburne thinks that even inclinations to believe should count as evidence. He proposes that the probability of a proposition varies in proportion to our inclination to believe it.
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Oxford University Press
Host title:
Evidentialism and its Discontents
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195-206
Chapter number:
12
Publication date:
2011-01-01
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9780199563500


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2016-04-25

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