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    Supports→Probabilistic models can express whether many low-probability events combined can outweigh even the highest-probability worlds, while plausibilistic models cannot

    Aggregated probabilities play a key role in calculations of expected utility

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    Both probabilistic and plausibilistic perspectives can express that some alternative is more likely than another. However, there are also conceptual differences between the two frameworks. Probabilistic models can aggregate, allowing their logic to express, for instance, whether many low-probability events combined can outweigh even the highest-probability worlds. Aggregated probabilities play a key role, for instance, in calculations of expected utility. Yet no such thing can be expressed in pl

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