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    Even if artifact quality constrains inferences, this does... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→Hume's Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion establishes that inferences about an artisan's capacities are properly constrained by the observed quality of the artifact alone.

    Even if artifact quality constrains inferences, this doesn't establish which artisan-attributes are constrained—power, knowledge, and benevolence may warrant different inference rules.

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    Key Terms

    Constrains(describing how rational identity affects choice)
    Limits or restricts; in this case, your rational identity sets boundaries on what choices are available to you.
    Inferences(The logical connections between steps in an argument)
    Logical steps where you conclude something new based on what you already know—like saying 'all dogs bark, Fido is a dog, therefore Fido barks.'
    artifact(Contrasted with real cellular structures in evaluating microscopy results)
    A feature in a micrograph produced by the methods of preparation rather than by actual structures in the cell
    artisan-attributes(as used in philosophy of creation and design)
    Qualities or characteristics of a person who made something (an artisan). In this context, it refers to traits like the maker's abilities, knowledge, or intentions.

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    benevolence(British tradition in ethics; Murdoch rejects this characterization as inadequate)
    Being motivated to help others, taken in the British ethical tradition to be sufficient for bringing about what is good for the other
    inference rules(As used in the DIRT system by Lin and Pantel)
    Rules expressing approximate equivalence between relational phrases, such as 'X finds a solution to Y ≈ X solves Y', derived statistically from text corpora.
    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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