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Theories of evidence and theories of knowledge are intimately linked together. And there are many competing theories of evidence. One way to approach them is by way of looking at the theories of knowledge which are their bedrock.

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Sahlin, NE., Rabinowicz, W. (1998). The Evidentiary Value Model. In: Smets, P. (eds) Quantified Representation of Uncertainty and Imprecision. Handbook of Defeasible Reasoning and Uncertainty Management Systems, vol 1. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-1735-9_8

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