The difference between epistemic and practical standards of evidence is this:

A) epistemic standards demand objective evidence apart from how useful a belief may be for us.

B) practical standards demand objective evidence apart from how useful a belief may be for us.

C) there is no difference between practical and epistemic standards.

D) "believing makes it so" is the motto of someone who supports the necessity of epistemic standards.


A

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