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    Challenges→Subjective probability theory is not an adequate account of partial belief.

    An adequate account of partial belief must be able to distinguish between total ignorance and knowledge about chances.

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    knowledge(Distinguished from mere true belief, which may be the product of indoctrination and need not exercise deliberative capacities.)
    Justified true belief — true belief that has been arrived at through the exercise of deliberative capacities, including comparison of and deliberation among alternatives.

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    Examples like these suggest that subjective probability theory is not an adequate account of partial belief because it cannot distinguish between total ignorance and knowledge, or at least certainty, about chances. We discuss potential responses to this objection in Section 3.2

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