Honesty and inquiry: W.K. Clifford’s ethics of belief

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British Journal for the History of Philosophy 28 (4):797-818 (2020)
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ABSTRACTW.K. Clifford is widely known for his emphatic motto that it is wrong, always everywhere, and for anyone, to believe anything upon insufficient evidence. In fact, that dictum and Clifford’s...

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