Definition
An evidence relation is a logical relation in which a proposition(s) are intended to increase the addressee's assurance of another proposition(s).
Examples
(English)
- It must be cold outside; the pond is frozen over.
Sources 4
- Mann and Thompson 1987b, 10
- Beekman, Callow, and Kopesec 1981, 106–107
- Dijk 1981, 171–172
- Fleming 1988, 192–193