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    It is not the case that Clifford's evidentialism targets not the stakes of a belief but the epistemic irresponsibility of believing without sufficient evidence regardless of stakes.

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    • 1.Prudence sometimes rationally requires belief proportional to practical stakes, not merely available evidence.
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    • 2.Real-world decisions demand action despite uncertainty; rigid evidentialism paralyzes necessary practical reasoning.
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    • 3.Context-sensitivity in justified belief is how rational agents actually navigate competing epistemic and practical demands.
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    • 1.Epistemic duties are deontological obligations to our cognitive faculties, independent of practical consequences.
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    • 2.Allowing stakes to lower evidential standards creates a slippery slope where any convenient belief becomes justified.
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    • 3.Intellectual integrity requires uniform evidential standards across domains to maintain coherent rational agency.
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