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Tal and Comesaña on evidence of evidence

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Abstract

R. Feldman defends a general principle about evidence the slogan form of which says that ‘evidence of evidence is evidence’. B. Fitelson considers three renditions of this principle and contends they are all falsified by counterexamples. Against both Feldman and Fitelson, J. Comesaña and E. Tal show that the third rendition––the one actually endorsed by Feldman––isn’t affected by Fitelson’s counterexamples, but only because it is trivially true and thus uninteresting. Tal and Comesaña defend a fourth version of Feldman’s principle, which––they claim––has not yet been shown false. Against Tal and Comesaña I show that this new version of Feldman’s principle is false.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)38-39
Number of pages2
JournalTHE REASONER
Volume10
Issue number5
Publication statusPublished - 2016

Keywords

  • Evidence of evidence
  • Branden Fitelson
  • Comesagna e Tal

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