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    Challenges→Self-verifying judgments satisfy the truth-tracking condition (TC) and therefore cannot be used to argue against self-knowledge via TC

    A self-attribution expressed as 'I am thinking that water is wet' would inevitably attribute a twin water thought instead in such a counterfactual

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    According to (TC), S fails to know since her justification would not divert her judgment, in a relevant scenario where the judgment is false. However, if this is the principle operative in the arguments, it seems they can be resisted (Falvey & Owens 1994). Plausibly, we do not satisfy (TC) when it comes to self-verifying judgments (see section 3.1). For if we consider a counterfactual where I have twin water thoughts in lieu of water thoughts, I cannot believe I have water thoughts. A self

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