evidentialismn.
/ˌɛvᵻˈdɛnʃl̩ɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˌɛvəˈdɛn(t)ʃəˌlɪz(ə)m/ Philosophy.
Any of various theories asserting that the quality and interpretation of a person's evidence for a belief is the primary factor by which that belief is justified.
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1863 New Rev. Nov. 389 He must have arrived at the conclusion that evidentialism and rationalism stand to each other in the relation of antecedent and consequent.
1945 Proc. Aristotelian Soc., Suppl. Vol. 19 103 The ‘Esse est percipi’ formula is coined to express the principle of evidentialism. If we are to say of a material object or a physical process that it exists or is real we must be able to say—Percipitur.
1989 F. J. Beckwith D. Hume's Argument against Miracles v. 72 Evidentialism results in affirming that a number of beliefs which we consider to be rationally acceptable are in fact not rational at all.
2004 E. Conee & R. Feldman Evidentialism iv. 83 What we call evidentialism is the view that the epistemic justification of a belief is determined by the quality of the believer's evidence for the belief.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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