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Epistemics (epist)

How positions are held, warranted, and defended. Rarely how they are changed.

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• Confidence and Calibration (epist.CONF new, recent, search)
  The firmness with which positions are held, against the evidence for them. 10 entries.
• Credentialism (epist.CRED new, recent, search)
  Authority as a substitute for, and obstacle to, evidence. 9 entries.
• Sourcing (epist.SRC new, recent, search)
  The provision, location, and inspection of sources. 20 entries.
• Verification and Provenance (epist.VER new, recent, search)
  What is taken to have been established, and by whom it was checked. 15 entries.