This article defends the importance of epistemic safety for legal evidence. Drawing on discussions of sensitivity and safety in epistemology, the article explores how similar considerations apply to legal proof. In the legal context, sensitivity concerns whether a factual finding would be made if it were false, and safety concerns how easily a factual finding could be false. The article critiques recent claims about the importance of sensitivity for the law of evidence. In particular, this critique argues that sensitivity does not have much of an effect on the value of legal evidence and that it fails to explain legal doctrine. By contrast, safety affects the quality of legal evidence, and safety better explains central features of the law of evidence, including probative value, admissibility rules, and standards of proof.

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安全VS。敏感性：可能的世界和证据法则

本文为法律证据的认知安全的重要性辩护。本文借鉴认识论中对敏感性和安全性的讨论，探讨了类似的考虑如何适用于法律证明。在法律背景下，敏感性关注的是如果事实认定是错误的，是否会做出事实认定，而安全性则关注事实认定是否容易成为错误。这篇文章批评了最近关于敏感性对证据法的重要性的主张。特别是，这种批评认为敏感性对法律证据的价值没有太大影响，并且无法解释法律原则。相比之下，安全性影响法律证据的质量，而安全性更好地解释了证据法的核心特征，包括证明价值、可采性规则和证明标准。