(March 12, 2017 at 3:26 pm)Neo-Scholastic Wrote: I see little point in continuing until people stop using the word 'evidence' in a way that begs the question, i.e. as something already proven.
No one is using it that way. We are using it as the term is defined: anything that supports your conclusion.
The key word there is "supports", though. Claims don't support anything.
"Owl," said Rabbit shortly, "you and I have brains. The others have fluff. If there is any thinking to be done in this Forest - and when I say thinking I mean thinking - you and I must do it."
- A. A. Milne, The House at Pooh Corner
- A. A. Milne, The House at Pooh Corner