evidentialist

comparative more evidentialist · superlative most evidentialist

1. human sciencesOf or supporting evidentialism, the doctrine that evidence is of primary importance in questions of belief

   An evidentialist variant would require the agent be responsive to a telling evidential basis for thinking that p obtains in contrast to the alternatives.

   2008 November 22, David Henderson, “Motivated contextualism”, in Philosophical Studies, volume 142, number 1, →DOI

plural evidentialists

1. human sciencesOne who supports or argues for evidentialism