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    Challenges→Dutch book and representation theorem arguments provide at best a pragmatic, not epistemic, justification for obeying the probability axioms

    Therefore, representation theorems provide a rationality-constitutive, not merely pragmatic, justification for probabilism.

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    • 1.Representation theorems show that violating probabilism necessarily leads to exploitable inconsistency in belief structure.
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    • 2.If rationality requires internal logical consistency, and probabilism is entailed by consistency, then probabilism is rationality-constitutive.
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    • 3.Unlike pragmatic justifications, rationality-constitutive norms apply regardless of practical consequences or betting scenarios.
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    • 1.Representation theorems rely on idealized assumptions (infinite bets, perfect information) disconnected from actual rational agents.
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    • 2.Showing that violating probabilism enables Dutch books demonstrates pragmatic vulnerability, not conceptual incoherence in rationality itself.
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    • 3.Rationality might constitute multiple coherent credence systems; probabilism's necessity doesn't follow from minimal consistency requirements alone.
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