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  • What was then taken for granted has now come to be called evidentialism '(a better title would be evidentialism with respect to belief in God', but that's a bit unwieldy).

    Warranted Christian Belief 1932- 2000

  • What remains unclear, however, is whether philosophers who defend traditional accounts of justification, such as evidentialism, are committed to any troubling form of non-naturalism.

    Naturalized Epistemology Feldman, Richard 2001

  • Chalcedon is now using the term as well. so are others all over the weeb, claiming they have always been PC, when they in fact were the worst violators of strong evidentialism.

    Allah vs evolution - The Panda's Thumb 2007

  • As for evidentialism I find the debate fascinating and am still figuring out where I stand, although I did post a quick quip about it recently.

    Bible Study: Who Wrote the Gospels? | Mind on Fire 2007

  • Another, central issue for religious epistemology is raised by evidentialism.

    Epistemology Steup, Matthias 2005

  • Let's use an example of radical deception to illustrate the difference between evidentialism as an internalist theory and reliabilism as an externalist theory.

    Epistemology Steup, Matthias 2005

  • Cardinal Newman was attacking any kind of ‘evidentialism’ - rational, empirical arguments for the existence of God - almost two hundred years ago.

    ID vs. Academic Integrity: Gaming the System in Ohio - The Panda's Thumb 2005

  • TK advocates, among which evidentialism enjoys widespread sympathy, tend to endorse the following two claims:

    Epistemology Steup, Matthias 2005

  • If evidentialism is true, a subject who is radically deceived will be mislead about what is actually the case, but not about what he is justified in believing.

    Epistemology Steup, Matthias 2005

  • When we apply this principle to the Tim/Tim* example, it tells us that evidentialism is an internalist and reliabilism an externalist theory.

    Epistemology Steup, Matthias 2005

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