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Is Evidence Non-Inferential?
Article first published online: 17 MAY 2004
DOI: 10.1111/j.0031-8094.2004.00350.x
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Bird, A. (2004), Is Evidence Non-Inferential?. The Philosophical Quarterly, 54: 252–265. doi: 10.1111/j.0031-8094.2004.00350.x
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- Issue published online: 17 MAY 2004
- Article first published online: 17 MAY 2004
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Evidence is often taken to be foundational, in that while other propositions may be inferred from our evidence, evidence propositions are themselves not inferred from anything. I argue that this conception is false, since the non-inferential propositions on which beliefs are ultimately founded may be forgotten or undermined in the course of enquiry.