evidence
Let an agent explain evidence in legal, scientific and everyday senses, describe kinds, standards and evaluation, support assessing evidence critically, and route specific legal questions to professionals.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain evidence in legal, scientific and everyday senses, describe kinds, standards and evaluation, support assessing evidence critically, and route specific legal questions to professionals.
Information, objects or testimony that support or refute a claim, in law the material admitted in court such as documents, physical exhibits, witness testimony, expert and forensic evidence, subject to rules of admissibility, chain of custody, authenticity and standards of proof such as preponderance of the evidence, and in science and scholarship the observations, data and arguments that justify conclusions; evidence is central to justice, science, history and everyday reasoning.
What it is for: Material supporting or refuting claims.
It can be explain senses and kinds; describe standards; support critical assessment; route legal questions.
Distinguishing features
Relevance
Admissibility and reliability
Standards of proof
Cross-field concept
What it looks like
Documents, exhibits, data and testimony.
How it is recognised
Information bearing on the truth of a claim
Legal evidence, scientific evidence, everyday evidence
Proof is the conclusion evidence supports; an argument interprets evidence
Related models
is a kind of - category
is related to - judges who rule on evidence
is related to - critical assessment of evidence
is related to - works grounded in evidence
In practice
Families and kinds
documentary and physical evidence
testimonial and expert evidence
forensic and molecular evidence
scientific evidence and data
historical and archival evidence
Standards and regulation
Rules of evidence in courts
Chain of custody standards
Standards for scientific evidence and peer review
Failure modes and hazards
Agents giving specific legal advice
Misunderstanding standards of proof
Cherry-picking or fabricating evidence
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Also registered as vr.tr.evidence-communication
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What evidence is.
Concepts.
Concept
Concept and senses.
Concept
Concept.
- What is evidence, and how do legal, scientific and everyday senses differ? definition
- Which sense is meant? boundary
Kinds
Kinds.
Kinds
Kinds.
- What kinds of evidence exist, from documents and exhibits to testimony, forensic and molecular evidence? definition
- Which entry fits a specific kind? action
Law Evidence in law.
General information.
Rules
Admissibility and custody.
Rules
Rules.
- How do rules of admissibility, authenticity and chain of custody work, in general terms across jurisdictions? provenance
- Is the user asking about a specific case, which needs a lawyer? boundary
Standards
Standards of proof.
Standards
Standards.
- What are preponderance of the evidence, beyond reasonable doubt and other standards, and when do they apply? provenance
- Which entry fits a specific legal system? action
Science Evidence in science and reasoning.
Practice.
Scientific
Scientific evidence.
Scientific
Scientific.
- How is scientific evidence produced, weighed and graded, and what makes it strong or weak? provenance
- Which entry fits evidence-based practice? action
Assess
Assessing evidence.
Assess
Assessment.
- How can the evidence for this claim be assessed for relevance, reliability and bias? action
- Which entry fits critical thinking? action
Learn History and teaching.
Education.
History
History.
History
History.
- How did rules of evidence and scientific standards of evidence develop? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Teach
Teaching.
Teach
Teaching.
- How can evaluating evidence be taught? action
- Which misconceptions arise? provenance
What the second pass must settle
- Should forensic evidence be a separate entry?
- How should rules of evidence be linked?
- How should scientific standards be linked?