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    A Dutch book exploits incoherent credences directly, mean... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→Dutch book and representation theorem arguments provide at best a pragmatic, not epistemic, justification for obeying the probability axioms

    A Dutch book exploits incoherent credences directly, meaning the vulnerability is cognitive, not merely behavioral.

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    • 1.Incoherent credences violate logical principles regardless of whether an agent acts on them, making the defect epistemic not behavioral.
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    • 2.Dutch book vulnerability reveals a gap between what credences logically entail and what the agent believes, exposing faulty reasoning itself.
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    • 3.An agent could hold incoherent credences without ever wagering, yet still have defective beliefs—showing the problem is cognitive fundamentally.
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    • 1.Dutch books only matter because they cause money loss; without behavioral consequences, the incoherence lacks practical significance or bite.
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    • 2.The distinction between cognitive and behavioral defect is unclear; incoherent credences are only identifiable through hypothetical choice behavior.
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    • 3.Many cognitively incoherent belief systems don't generate Dutch books, suggesting the vulnerability isn't a direct window into cognitive error.
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