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    A priori knowledge of the proposition that one is thinking about water (premise 2) is impossible

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    • 1.If premise 1 (that Oscar's mental content is determined by his environment) is not knowable a priori, then Oscar cannot discriminate a priori between his water concept and the Dry Earthian concept
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    • 2.If Oscar cannot discriminate a priori between his water concept and the Dry Earthian concept, then premise 2 cannot be said to be something Oscar knows a priori
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    knowledge(Distinguished from mere true belief, which may be the product of indoctrination and need not exercise deliberative capacities.)
    Justified true belief — true belief that has been arrived at through the exercise of deliberative capacities, including comparison of and deliberation among alternatives.

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    A final line against SK is that, if (1) is not apriori (as is plausible), it follows that apriori knowledge of (2) is impossible (Gertler 2004). After all, if (1) is not apriori, then Oscar apparently cannot discriminate apriori between his water concept and the Dry Earthian concept. So it seems incorrect to say that (2) is something known. Now in fact, this raises the extremely important question of whether such discriminations are necessary for self-knowledge, but further discussion will be de
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