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Evidence

Evidence for a proposition is what supports the proposition. It is usually understood as an indication that the proposition is true. The exact definition and role of evidence vary across different fields.

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Philosophy of evidence

Different types of evidence

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Evidence

Nodes77
Edges76
Triples75
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.025974
Components1

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Evidence

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related to External links · 18
Evidence → Acceptance, Bradley, Dowden, E141 Standard Practice, Edward, Encyclopædia Britannica, Evidence Based, Fieser, Indiana Philosophy Ontology ProjectASTM, Internet Encyclopedia, ISSN, James, OCLC, Philosophy, PhilPapersZalta, Probability Sampling, Results, Stanford Encyclopedia
related to Evidential relation · 15
Evidence → Against, All, Alvin Goldman, Bayesian, But, Finding, Important, In, On, Philosophers, Probabilistic, Smoke, The, They, This
related to In specific fields · 12
Evidence → According, Bertrand Russell, Conee, Earl Conee, Feldman, Important, Quine, Richard Feldman, Russell, Timothy Williamson, Willard Van Orman Quine, Williamson
related to Characteristics · 10
Evidence → Another, For, In, On, One, Reference, These, This, Traditionally, Understood
related to In law · 8
Evidence → Admissible, After, Beyond, In, The, These, Two, Western
related to In science (empirical evidence) · 6
Evidence → In, Scientific, Scientists, The, This, Within
see also · 5
Evidence → ArgumentBeliefBest, Evidence-Based Programs, PracticesPolicy-based, ReasonSkepticismTheory, Registry
is a · 1
Evidence → problem of underdetermination

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Evidenceis aproblem of underdetermination0.90text
Evidencerelated to CharacteristicsUnderstood0.60section
Evidencerelated to CharacteristicsTraditionally0.60section
Evidencerelated to CharacteristicsIn0.60section
Evidencerelated to CharacteristicsThis0.60section
Evidencerelated to CharacteristicsReference0.60section
Evidencerelated to CharacteristicsThese0.60section
Evidencerelated to CharacteristicsOne0.60section
Evidencerelated to CharacteristicsAnother0.60section
Evidencerelated to CharacteristicsOn0.60section
Evidencerelated to CharacteristicsFor0.60section
Evidencerelated to Evidential relationPhilosophers0.60section

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