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    Supports→The equiprobability-principle approach to the inductive step in the argument from evil is superior to alternative accounts.

    This approach generates a result that enables one not just to conclude that it is more likely than not that God does not exist, but also to assign an upper bound to the probability that God exists.

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    Assign (in a mathematical sense)(used to describe putting a numerical probability on God's existence)
    To give a specific value or number to something. When you 'assign a probability,' you're saying 'this is how likely I think something is.'
    God(Classical theism; used to fix the referent of 'G' in the Bayesian formulation)
    An eternal, personal being of maximal power, knowledge, and goodness who created the universe
    More likely than not(describes the conclusion that God's non-existence is more probable)
    Having a probability greater than 50%; meaning there's a better chance something is true than false.

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    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.
    upper bound(Classical real analysis, as discussed in the context of PM's type theory)
    A real number r is an upper bound of a class S of real numbers if and only if every member s of S satisfies s ≤ r; formally: ∃r ∀s (s ∈ S ⊃ s ≤ r)

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    This approach arguably has two advantages over alternative accounts of the inductive step that lies at the heart of the argument from evil. One is that in bringing in an equiprobability principle, one is approaching the issue at a more fundamental level than any approach that appeals either to instantial generalization or inference to the best explanation. The other is that this approach generates a result that enables one not just to conclude that it is more likely than not that God does not exist, but also to assign an upper bound to the probability that God exists.

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