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    If the classical interpretation cannot adjudicate between... — Carmelics
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    Supports→The classical interpretation of probability yields implausible and contradictory results when applied generally.

    If the classical interpretation cannot adjudicate between competing equipossibility partitions without importing prior probability judgments, it is viciously circular as a foundational account of probability.

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    Key Terms

    Adjudicate(describing what functionalism can or cannot do regarding the disagreement)
    To judge, decide, or settle a dispute between two competing views.
    Prior probability(Used to argue that theism's low prior probability is not overcome by ambiguous or absent evidence)
    The intrinsic probability of a hypothesis before taking any evidence into account
    classical interpretation(as used in probability theory)
    An old approach to probability that assumes all equally likely outcomes should be treated as having the same chance of happening.
    equipossibility partitions(as used in probability theory)
    Different ways of dividing up a situation into outcomes that are all equally possible or likely.
    foundational account

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    A basic explanation that's supposed to explain where something comes from or why it's true at the deepest level.
    viciously circular(Applied to Descartes' Third Meditation argument structure)
    A form of reasoning in which the conclusion is presupposed among the premises used to demonstrate it

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