Suppose that a piece of evidence, E, raises the probability that some hypothesis, H, is true (that is, suppose that Pr(H|E) > Pr(H)). Then, according to Bayesianism,

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Suppose that a piece of evidence, E, raises the probability that some hypothesis, H, is true (that is, suppose that Pr(H|E) > Pr(H)). Then, according to Bayesianism,