They treat the result of a highly, but not completely, reliable test as though it provides conclusive evidence for the truth of some hypothesis even though the antecedent improbability of the hypothesis should lead them to question the accuracy of the test result in the case at hand.
At the same time, philosophy always remains a challenge to revelation's ability to make claims about conclusive evidence for revelation's truth.
Don't let the conclusive title of this video fool you; the truth is that the author despises "the moment of truth".
If the aim of belief is truth, then it makes sense that knowledge would require conclusive reasons, because conclusive reasons guarantee that belief's aim is achieved.
I maintained just the slightest hope that perhaps I could run this off, and made a desultory attempt at a jog to the finish line, but the truth – and the pain – was swift and conclusive.
There is no conclusive evidence to prove either side's claims - the truth probably lies somewhere in the middle.
To explain the truth of (a) and (b), Dretske counts on his conclusive reasons analysis of perception.
The second assumption would probably be questioned e.g. from the point of view that logical truths must be analytic, for there is no conclusive reason to think that universally valid formulae must be analytic.
Despite all the hand-wringing about diabetes, the appalling truth is that there is no national effort, based on the conclusive evidence of how to have effective prevention, to help these crippled communities.
Let January 12 , 2012 be marked as the date when the New York Times confessed, in an oblique but nonetheless conclusive way, that it theretofore had not been terribly concerned with discerning and reporting the truth.
