In The Ethics of Belief , William Clifford exclaims, \"it is wrong always, every

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In The Ethics of Belief, William Clifford exclaims, "it is wrong always, everywhere, and for anyone to believe anything upon insufficient evidence." Do you think this is true? Is it ever intellectually respectable to believe in something without sufficient evidence? What do you think about William James' claim that there are some "genuine options" that should be believed in without sufficient evidence and in fact some of the most fundamental questions in our lives can only be known through faith. If you agree with Clifford then use his argument to demonstrate the faults in James' thinking. If you agree with James then use his argument to demonstrate the faults in Cliffords argument.

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I think that is wrong say something that is true without evidence so I agree with William Clifford exclaims

I think that if you want to prove something you need to do tests, confidence intervals and do inferences to see if there is a change that the evidence is sufficient to support the claim

To argument the James claim we should always do inferences to support that "geniune options"

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