Does Judgment Screen Evidence?

Suppose a rational agent S has some evidence E that bears on p , and makes a judgment J about how E bears on p . The agent is aware of this judgment, so she could in principle use its existence in her reasoning. Here’s an informal version of the question I’ll discuss in this paper: How many pieces of evidence does the agent have that bear on p ? Three options present themselves. Two – Both J and E . One – E subsumes whatever evidential force J has. One – J subsumes