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For philosophers, the pursuit of truth travels on precise definitions. For Christian apologists, the defense of the faith is founded on the defining Word. And for beginning students of either discipline, the difference between success and frustration begins with understanding the terms and ideas and identifying the thinkers and movements. The Pocket Dictionary of Apologetics & Philosophy of...

beliefs (as well as other kinds) are only rational if they are based on evidence. Typically, evidentialists will specify some minimum of evidence that is sufficient (such as “evidence that makes a belief more probable than not” or “evidence that makes a belief more probable than its competitors”). Another popular form of evidentialism is a proportional “ethics of belief” that holds that the strength of one’s assent to a belief should be proportioned to the strength of the evidence. This kind of ethic