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    It is not the case that A generalized account of rationality that permits systematically unreliable processes conflates pragmatic usefulness with epistemic justification.

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    • 1.Reliability itself can be understood pragmatically—what works reliably in context constitutes epistemic warrant.
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    • 2.Some systematically unreliable processes (e.g., heuristics) provide better overall epistemic outcomes than perfect methods.
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    • 3.The claim assumes a sharp boundary between justification and usefulness that natural cognition doesn't respect.
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    • 1.Epistemic justification requires truth-conduciveness; pragmatic usefulness can obtain without it.
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    • 2.Systematically unreliable processes generate false beliefs regularly, violating epistemic standards.
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    • 3.Conflating these standards undermines the distinction between knowledge and mere instrumental success.
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