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    It is not the case that If the prior probability that the analogue system shares relevant causal structure with the target is itself unjustified, evidence from the analogue cannot rescue the inference from Dutch Book vulnerability.

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    • 1.Even unjustified priors can be rationally revised by sufficiently strong evidence; evidential impact doesn't depend on prior justification.
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    • 2.The claim conflates epistemic status of priors with the validity of Bayesian updating; evidence can correct reasoning even from poor starting points.
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    • 3.Dutch Book vulnerability targets consistency, not justification; an agent could be coherent while holding unjustified but proportionate credences.
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    • 1.Analogical inference requires justified background beliefs about structural similarity; unjustified priors about relevance undermine this foundation.
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    • 2.Evidence cannot upgrade an inference that begins with epistemic debt; Dutch Book vulnerability reveals logical incoherence at the starting point.
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    • 3.Posterior probability depends on both likelihood and prior; a defective prior contaminates all downstream conclusions regardless of new evidence.
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