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    It is not the case that A generalized rationality account that licenses inference strategies producing systematic errors is self-undermining, as Goldman argues in 'Epistemics'.

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    • 1.Heuristics producing occasional errors can still be optimal overall; perfection isn't required for rational justification.
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    • 2.A theory's truth doesn't depend on whether following it always succeeds—evolutionary fitness requires tradeoffs.
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    • 3.Goldman conflates pragmatic effectiveness with logical consistency; systematic errors don't entail self-refutation.
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    • 1.A theory that justifies beliefs it simultaneously declares unjustified violates basic logical consistency.
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    • 2.If a rationality account systematically produces false beliefs, it undermines its own credibility as a guide to truth.
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    • 3.Self-undermining theories cannot be rationally adopted without performative contradiction.
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