Hard-Narrow Evidentialism

A rigid form of evidentialism that demands all beliefs be supported by scientific evidence of a specific type (usually quantitative, experimental, peer‑reviewed), and dismisses any other form of justification (testimony, intuition, lived experience) as irrational. It conflates “evidence” with “controlled study evidence” and refuses to admit that different questions require different evidentiary standards. It is evidentialism become tyranny.

Hard-Narrow Evidentialism Example: “She shared her experience of discrimination; he demanded ‘evidence’ in the form of a large‑scale survey. Hard‑narrow evidentialism: demanding the wrong kind of proof for the wrong kind of claim.”

Hard-Narrow Evidentialism by Abzugal May 23, 2026