evidentialist
English
editEtymology
editevidential + -ist
Adjective
editevidentialist (comparative more evidentialist, superlative most evidentialist)
- (philosophy) Of or supporting evidentialism, the doctrine that evidence is of primary importance in questions of belief
- 2008 November 22, David Henderson, “Motivated contextualism”, in Philosophical Studies, volume 142, number 1, :
- An evidentialist variant would require the agent be responsive to a telling evidential basis for thinking that p obtains in contrast to the alternatives.
Noun
editevidentialist (plural evidentialists)
- (philosophy) One who supports or argues for evidentialism
See also
edit- evidentialist on Wikipedia.Wikipedia