(November 27, 2017 at 10:59 pm)RoadRunner79 Wrote:(November 27, 2017 at 10:30 pm)curiosne Wrote: 1) The exact same reason that you would justify how sufficient evidence needs to be for the nature of the claim. I still do not understand your train of thought. Obviously you also have a spectrum of how much evidence you need (from low epistemic burden to high) for the evidence to be sufficient to justify a particular claim. How do you determine when there is an epistemic burden and also how much evidence you would deem sufficient?
2) Same reason that you gave me when I claimed that I had $10...ie there is no epistemic burden on the $10 claim. So I would not look further into Abbondon_ire's dog claim. But would you not agree that there is an epistemic burden on Abbondon_ire when he claims to have a Zebra?
3) No. I assess other people's opinions for logical sense and to compare whether my reasoning is sound. My feelings aren't considered for any conclusions that I reach for any claims that I consider. When I ask other's opinions, I look for points of disagreements to my view to see whether they are valid point or not.
I agree, that you are not understanding. What I am trying to say, is that there is no sliding, subjective low to high epistemically burden, based on your or my incredulity, or how common it is. I would say that it is difficult to pin down exactly where that line is, and I think we will vary there, and I don’t quibble over an allowance for that. However as you agreed, that the same reason and logic should produce the same results, the same applies epistemologically.
so how do you determine if you have sufficient evidence to believe in a claim or not?