evidence ↔ justified belief

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The concepts are related because evidentialists define a [justified belief] as being grounded in the possession of [evidence], as stated in [1] and [2]. Furthermore, [3] illustrates their connection by explaining how [evidence] can lead to a [justified belief] even when that belief is false.

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Epistemology - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia 1 fact

claimJustification does not guarantee truth, as a person can form a justified belief that is false based on strong but misleading evidence.

Epistemology - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy plato.stanford.edu Matthias Steup, Ram Neta · Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy 1 fact

claimEvidentialists define justified belief as the possession of evidence, where possessing evidence is defined as being in a mental state that represents a proposition as being true.

Epistemology (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy/Fall 2019 Edition) plato.stanford.edu Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy 1 fact

claimEvidentialists assert that justified beliefs are justified because of the possession of evidence.

Naturalized Epistemology - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy plato.stanford.edu Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy 1 fact

claimThe recursive nature of defining evidence through justified beliefs does not inherently invalidate the naturalistic status of the evidentialist definition of justification.