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Single Idea 19224
[filed under theme 13. Knowledge Criteria / B. Internal Justification / 3. Evidentialism / a. Evidence
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Full Idea
The scientific man is not in the least wedded to his conclusions. He risks nothing upon them. He stands ready to abandon one or all as experience opposes them.
Gist of Idea
Scientists will give up any conclusion, if experience opposes it
Source
Charles Sanders Peirce (Reasoning and the Logic of Things [1898], I)
Book Ref
Peirce,Charles Sanders: 'Reasoning and the Logic of Things', ed/tr. Ketner,K.L. [Harvard 1992], p.112
A Reaction
In the age of massive speculative research grants, the idea that 'he risks nothing upon them' is no longer true. Ditto for building aircraft and bridges, which are full of theoretical science. Notoriously, many scientists don't live up to Peirce's idea.
The
17 ideas
with the same theme
[experiences and facts pointing towards knowledge]:
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23641
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People dislike believing without evidence, and try to avoid it
[Reid]
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19224
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Scientists will give up any conclusion, if experience opposes it
[Peirce]
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17073
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I simply reject evidence, if it is totally contrary to my web of belief
[Smart]
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3097
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We don't distinguish between accepting, and accepting as evidence
[Harman]
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7450
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In the medieval view, only deduction counted as true evidence
[Hacking]
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7451
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Formerly evidence came from people; the new idea was that things provided evidence
[Hacking]
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16825
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How do we distinguish negative from irrelevant evidence, if both match the hypothesis?
[Lipton]
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19687
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Absence of evidence proves nothing, and weird claims need special evidence
[McGrew]
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19684
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Does spotting a new possibility count as evidence?
[McGrew]
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19688
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Every event is highly unlikely (in detail), but may be perfectly plausible
[McGrew]
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19686
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Criminal law needs two separate witnesses, but historians will accept one witness
[McGrew]
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19680
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Maybe all evidence consists of beliefs, rather than of facts
[McGrew]
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19681
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If all evidence is propositional, what is the evidence for the proposition? Do we face a regress?
[McGrew]
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19689
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Several unreliable witnesses can give good support, if they all say the same thing
[McGrew]
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17771
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How we evaluate evidence depends on our background beliefs
[Bayne]
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17770
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Clifford's dictum seems to block our beliefs in morality, politics and philosophy
[Bayne]
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18820
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In English 'evidence' is a mass term, qualified by 'little' and 'more'
[Rumfitt]
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