The_Nature_Of_Evidence

The Nature Of Evidence Evidence is like ‘buttah,’ or something like that. Actually, evidence is the devil. Some sort of evidence controls almost everything we do, as does the devil, or at least that is who I blame. This paper, for example, is evidence for you that I can comprehend and understand the assigned readings. Every decision I make or belief I have is supposed to have evidence, or is it' This question, including the nature of evidence, is one that both W.K. Clifford and William James try to answer. For Clifford “it is wrong always, everywhere, and for anyone to believe anything upon insufficient evidence” (118). But for James it is a little different. James believes that there are some questions that cannot wait for sufficient evidence and that in those cases it is not only right to decide using faith, but that one must decide by using faith. I know the previous statements are very short representations of James’ and Clifford’s ideas on the nature of evidence, but as the paper progresses the finer points will be brought out as well as an understanding of the similarities and differences in their ideas. W.K. Clifford, The Ethics evidence, clifford, james, believe, questions, belief, nature, faith, answer, wrong, question, one, clifford’s, james’, truth, something, right, passional, ship, moral, importance, human, both, very, proof, however, cannot, beliefs, agree, way, things, out, make, important, ideas