Evidensen
Evidensen is a fictional material used in theoretical discussions to illustrate how evidence accumulates and influences belief and action in scientific inquiry. It does not refer to any real substance, and there is no empirical data about it. In this sense, Evidensen functions as a thought experiment device rather than a physical material.
The term blends evidence with a generic suffix to signal its status as a placeholder concept in
In the imagined properties of Evidensen, a sample contains a state variable, E, that increases as evidence
Use in theory: The device serves to illustrate Bayesian updating, the role of prior assumptions, and the
In fiction and philosophy, Evidensen appears as a metaphor for how scientists and courts weigh evidence, sometimes
See also: evidence, epistemology, Bayesian inference, thought experiments.