Hmm, you’re probably right. I guess I was thinking that quick heuristics (vocabulary choice, spelling ability, etc.) form a prior when you are evaluating the actual quality of the argument based on its contents, but evidence might be a better word.
Where is the line drawn between evidence and prior? If I’m evaluating a person’s argument, and I know that he’s made bad arguments in the past, is that knowledge prior or evidence?
That’s not what prior means. You mean evidence.
Hmm, you’re probably right. I guess I was thinking that quick heuristics (vocabulary choice, spelling ability, etc.) form a prior when you are evaluating the actual quality of the argument based on its contents, but evidence might be a better word.
Where is the line drawn between evidence and prior? If I’m evaluating a person’s argument, and I know that he’s made bad arguments in the past, is that knowledge prior or evidence?
Where that goes depends on whether you’re evaluating “He’s right” or “This argument is right”.