Scientific and philosophic perspectives īeyond the shadow of doubt cannot be a scientific term because that level of certainty exists beyond the limits of science, i.e., because science depends on necessarily uncertain a posteriori knowledge, nothing in science could be beyond doubt. Some feel the former an impossible standard of proof in court, while the latter is more logically accommodating, allowing for the limits of human reason. Interchangeability with reasonable doubt īeyond the shadow of a doubt is sometimes used interchangeably, although mistakenly, with beyond a reasonable doubt, especially in courts of law.
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