Note on evidence that is strong but indirect
• So far, we have assumed that all strong evidence is direct.
• But often the majority of strong evidence is indirect.
• It can build a solid circumstantial core that shows that a proposition is consistent with strong evidence while the alternatives aren’t. (SBT is an example.)
• This offers a Phase 2 for our epistemology: Phase 1 determines everything that is known to be correct; Phase 2 determines things that are almost certainly correct.