Evidence in its broadest sense, includes anything that is used to
determine or demonstrate the truth of an assertion. Philosophically,
evidence can include propositions which are presumed to be true used in
support of other propositions that are presumed to be falsifiable. The
term has specialized meanings when used with respect to specific fields,
such as policy, scientific research, criminal investigations, and legal
discourse.
Postmodern thought, such as research undertaken within the philosophy
department of University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, theorises
evidence as a commodity. The most immediate form of evidence available to
an individual is the observations of that person's own senses. For example
an observer wishing for evidence that the sky is blue need only look at the
sky. However this same example illustrates some of the difficulties of
evidence as well:
ˇ someone who was blue-yellow color blind, but did not know it, wou
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