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    It is not the case that When the reference class is underdetermined, the likelihood ratio inherits that indeterminacy and cannot be resolved to a single value by logical analysis alone.

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    • 1.Some reference class choices are demonstrably incoherent or self-undermining, allowing logical analysis to eliminate poor candidates and narrow options.
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    • 2.Practical convergence often occurs: competing reference classes produce similar likelihood ratios when properly constructed, suggesting underlying determinacy.
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    • 3.Claiming indeterminacy risks vacuity; if no logical analysis helps at all, the claim becomes unfalsifiable and explains nothing specific.
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    • 1.Reference class selection involves conceptual choices that outrun purely logical constraints, making multiple classes equally defensible.
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    • 2.Likelihood ratios depend mathematically on reference class composition; different classes yield different ratios by necessity, not mere opinion.
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    • 3.Logic alone cannot determine which features are relevant for classification without additional substantive assumptions about the world.
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