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    Challenges→The Humean thesis prevents the doctor from forming any non-trivial beliefs about Job's survival, despite having strong probabilistic evidence.

    Since 'Job survives at least n months' is compatible with B, the Humean thesis requires Pr(B | Job survives at least n months) > 1/2.

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    If Buchak (2014) is right, no agent should have beliefs in lottery propositions–these beliefs would necessarily be formed on the basis of purely statistical evidence. Kelly and Lin (2019) give another scenario in which Humean agents seem radically skeptical, but in situations which are evidentially unproblematic. Suppose the luckless Job goes in for a physical. On the basis of a thorough examination, the doctor forms the following dire opinion of his health: her degree of belief that Job will su

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