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Etymology
Etymology tree English evidential Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English evidentialist From evidential + -ist.
Meanings
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Of 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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| more evidentialist | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most evidentialist | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |