Full Idea
Fundamentally Evidentialism is a supervenience thesis, according to which facts about whether or not a person is justified in believing a proposition supervene on facts describing the evidence the person has.
Gist of Idea
Evidentialism says justifications supervene on the available evidence
Source
E Conee / R Feldman (Introduction to 'Evidentialism' [2004], p.1)
Book Reference
Conee,E/Feldman,R: 'Evidentialism' [OUP 2004], p.1
A Reaction
If facts 'describe', does that make them linguistic? That's not how I use 'facts'. A statement of a fact is not the same as the fact. An ugly fact can be beautifully expressed. I am, however, in favour of evidence.