If loveliness (explanatory power) must be converted into likeliness via a separate bridging principle, IBE becomes an enthymeme whose suppressed premise does all the justificatory work.

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Bridging principle(the statement argues an independent one is needed to connect necessary to sufficient conditions): An additional rule or connection needed to link two separate ideas or conditions together—a 'bridge' that fills a logical gap.
IBE(Discussed in the context of its compatibility with Bayesian epistemology): Inference to the Best Explanation — a mode of inference in which one infers a hypothesis because it best explains the available evidence
enthymeme(Used to describe Xia Ge's argument, which relies on an unstated law about the permanence of existence across time.): An argument in which one or more premises are left implicit (hidden), requiring the audience to supply the unstated assumption.
explanatory power(Socratic definition): The capacity of a defining feature to explain why instances of the thing defined have that property (e.g., why reverent people or actions are reverent).

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