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    It is not the case that If a belief-type admits of rational revision under any conditions, it cannot be constitutionally irrevocable in Reid's strong sense.

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    • 1.Rational revisability and constitutional irrevocability operate on different levels: one is epistemic, one is metaphysical.
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    • 2.A belief can be rationally unrevisable-in-practice while remaining theoretically revisable-under-impossible-conditions.
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    • 3.Reid's strong sense may denote psychological impossibility of revision, not logical impossibility, allowing rational revisability elsewhere.
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    • 1.Constitutional irrevocability means a belief cannot be rationally abandoned under any logically possible circumstances.
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    • 2.If rational revision is possible under some condition, that condition provides a logical pathway to abandonment.
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    • 3.Logical possibility of rational revision is incompatible with strict irrevocability across all possible worlds.
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