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  • His books include "The Evidential Power of Beauty: Science and Theology Meet" (1999) and "Fire Within: St. Teresa of Avila, St. John of the Cross and the Gospel - on Prayer" (1989).

    Thomas E. Dubay Post 2010

  • Note 71: "Clues, Roots of an Evidential Paradigm," 106. back

    Belongings: Property, Family, and Identity in Colonial South Africa 2008

  • Also Evidential standards were very low: a tip-off by an anonymous informer was considered sufficient grounds for arrest.

    Preventative Detention, Revisited | ATTACKERMAN 2009

  • We also cant see our CPS, who used to work in our stations 5 days a week, without first getting an appointment via an Evidential Review Officer.

    The Oldest Baby in The World « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2007

  • They also use the “Evidential Test” as well but their acceptable standard of evidence is as stated 75%+ rather than the standard it ideally should be.

    Can’t Sleep, Clowns Will Eat Me! « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2007

  • Evidential decision theory has weaker metaphysical assumptions than has causal decision theory, even if causation has impeccable metaphysical credentials.

    Causal Decision Theory Weirich, Paul 2008

  • Evidential decision theory computes an act's expected utility using the probability of a state given the act,

    Causal Decision Theory Weirich, Paul 2008

  • McAllister, James, 1996, "The Evidential Significance of Thought Experiments in Science", Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, 27/2: 233-250

    Thought Experiments Brown, James Robert 2007

  • In the section on Evidential Reasoning, the author lists the following: 1. Falsifiability 2. Logic 3. Comprehensiveness 4. Honesty 5. Replicability 6. Sufficiency

    CSICOP: Judging Authority « Climate Audit 2005

  • Evidential relationships must be relativized to individuals and their degrees of belief.

    Bayes' Theorem Joyce, James 2003

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