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    If we cannot determine the probability of the story, then... — Carmelics
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    Supports→A defense against the problem of evil does not require a story that can be shown to be likely true; it only requires a story that, for all we know, is not unlikely.

    If we cannot determine the probability of the story, then it cannot be shown that the story is likely to be true, but neither can it be shown that the story is unlikely to be true.

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    epistemology(Contrasted with purely descriptive scientific inquiry)
    A normative enterprise that tells us how we ought to reason from evidence and how we ought to justify our beliefs, as distinct from merely describing how we do reason or justify beliefs
    probability(as used in mathematics and logic)
    A number between 0 and 1 that describes how likely something is to happen; 0.5 means 50% chance, 1 means certain, 0 means impossible.

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    There is, however, one final possibility that needs to be considered. This is the idea that what is needed in a defense is not a story that can be shown to be likely to be true, but, rather, a story that, for all we know, is not unlikely. The thought here is that, even if there is some probability that the story has relative to our evidential base, we may not be able to determine what that probability is, or even any reasonably delimited range in which that probability falls. If so, it cannot be shown that the story is likely to be true, but neither can it be shown that the story is unlikely...

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