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    It is not the case that A justificatory method that cannot resolve rival systems of induction collapses into coherentism, which cannot escape epistemic circularity about which coherent system tracks truth.

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    • 1.Rival inductive systems may be resolvable via abductive inference to best explanation, not requiring circularity about ultimate justificatory foundations.
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    • 2.Coherentism need not be epistemically circular if coherence is constrained by empirical success, predictive power, and pragmatic reliability across domains.
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    • 3.The claim conflates meta-level justification with object-level knowledge; local coherence can track truth even if meta-justification lacks perfect transparency.
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    • 1.Inductive methods cannot adjudicate between rival systems (e.g., standard induction vs. grue-based induction) without circular appeal to inductive standards.
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    • 2.Coherentism lacks external criteria for truth-tracking, so it cannot justify why one coherent system maps reality better than incompatible alternatives.
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    • 3.Systems that collapse into coherentism face an infinite regress: justifying coherence requires appeal to coherence, generating inevitable circularity.
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