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Is the statement "Claims demand evidence" always true?

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Is the statement "Claims demand evidence" always true?
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RE: Is the statement "Claims demand evidence" always true?
December 10, 2016 at 11:00 pm (This post was last modified: December 10, 2016 at 11:01 pm by Thumpalumpacus.)
(December 10, 2016 at 10:03 pm)Mudhammam Wrote:
(December 10, 2016 at 12:53 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: If your claim is regarding objective reality and you want to convince me of a point about it, then sure, you'll need evidence.

If your claim is about an abstraction, it is not susceptible to evidence.
Under which category would you place claims that are both abstract and purport to be agent-neutral insofar as they are either true or false in their application to objective reality? I have in mind claims about metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, and even rationality itself.

Being abstract, it seems to me those are subject to reason rather than evidence. Whether or not they're agent-neutral doesn't seem relevant to the question in your OP. Perhaps I'm missing something?

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RE: Is the statement "Claims demand evidence" always true? - by Thumpalumpacus - December 10, 2016 at 11:00 pm

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