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    James's momentousness criterion does essential epistemic ... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→The requirement that a genuine option must be momentous can be dropped without undermining the argument for theistic belief

    James's momentousness criterion does essential epistemic work by distinguishing decisions where evidential suspension of judgment is genuinely unavailable.

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    • 1.Some decisions (life-altering choices) cannot be postponed until evidence is conclusive without costs equivalent to deciding.
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    • 2.Momentousness identifies precisely when epistemic suspension becomes practically inaccessible, marking genuine rational constraints.
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    • 3.Without distinguishing high-stakes decisions, epistemic norms become disconnected from actual human deliberative capacities.
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    • 1.Momentousness conflates practical urgency with epistemic justification; time pressure doesn't create new warrant-standards.
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    • 2.Many momentous decisions allow extended investigation (career, marriage) without meaningful practical cost, undermining the criterion.
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    • 3.If suspension becomes unavailable, that's a pragmatic fact about agents, not evidence that epistemic standards should shift.
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