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~~Welsh cake~~ · January 4, 2011 at 5:50 pm

(January 4, 2011 at 10:03 am)Stempy Wrote: The question for this thread is "Is evidentialism justified?"

Pragmatically justified or epistemically justified?

Quote:Applying evidentialism to itself, we are only justified in believing that evidentialism is true if our evidence supports evidentialism.

That's logical regression you are proposing here, which is just as absurd as trying to apply the scientific method unto itself.

Quote:But do we have any evidence supporting evidentialism?

What you do mean? Emperical evidence? What sort of evidence are you after? We were addressing the justification of propositions and beliefs, regardless of whether they are religious or not, but now you're talking about the theory of justification and that is a large part of epistemology.

~~Stempy~~ · (This post was last modified: January 4, 2011 at 8:22 pm by Stempy.)

**theVOID** · (This post was last modified: January 5, 2011 at 2:44 am by theVOID.)

~~Edwardo Piet~~ · (This post was last modified: January 5, 2011 at 4:25 pm by Edwardo Piet.)

**Minimalist** · January 5, 2011 at 4:23 pm

Quote:Because it challenges your models, oh dear we can't have that now...

Because it is mental masturbation.

~~Edwardo Piet~~ · (This post was last modified: January 5, 2011 at 4:27 pm by Edwardo Piet.)

That's one of your models, Minimalist.

**Minimalist** · January 5, 2011 at 4:29 pm

I want the real thing or nothing!

~~Edwardo Piet~~ · January 5, 2011 at 4:31 pm

What makes you think your models are real?

**Minimalist** · January 5, 2011 at 4:37 pm

Pictures.

~~Edwardo Piet~~ · January 5, 2011 at 4:40 pm

So you don't believe in anything unseen?

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