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Comment author: gjm 22 December 2015 03:47:46PM 2 points [-]

That doesn't at all say Bayesian reasoning assumes only two possibilities. It says Bayesian reasoning assumes you know what all the possibilities are.

Comment author: FrameBenignly 22 December 2015 03:56:03PM *  0 points [-]

True, but how often do you see an explanation of Bayesian reasoning in philosophy that uses more than two possibilities?