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1 Post author: Arielgenesis 25 July 2016 02:15AM

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Comment author: g_pepper 25 July 2016 06:54:14PM 1 point [-]

The idea of the story is that there are no evidence.

But in the OP, you said:

she has known Adam very well and the Adam that she knew, wouldn't commit murder. She uses Adam's character and her personal relationship with him as evidence.

It seems to me that Adam's character as observed by Eve is evidence. Not irrefutable evidence, but evidence all the same. It seems to me that, baring evidence of Adam's guilt or evidence that Adam's character had recently changed, Eve is rational for beleiving Adam to be innocent on the basis of that evidence.

Cain provided no such evidence, so Eve is rational in her belief.

Comment author: Arielgenesis 27 July 2016 02:21:52AM 1 point [-]

is evidence. Not irrefutable evidence

Yes, that's exactly what I had in mind.

The idea of the story is that there are no evidence.

What I meant was that there are no possibility of new evidence.

I also think that Eve is rational. But I'm not sure if I am correct. Thank you for the confirmation.

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