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    Agrippa's trilemma demonstrates that all evidence chains ... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→Self-doubting defeating evidence is potentially more corrosive than typical defeating evidence.

    Agrippa's trilemma demonstrates that all evidence chains terminate in either circularity, dogmatism, or regress, making self-doubt a structural feature rather than a special case.

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    • 1.Every justification chain must end somewhere, and all three endpoints (circular reasoning, arbitrary assumptions, infinite regress) are equally problematic.
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    • 2.Self-doubt becomes rational when we recognize justificatory chains inevitably collapse into these three forms, making skepticism structurally sound.
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    • 3.This trilemma applies universally to all domains of knowledge, suggesting doubt is built into epistemology itself, not contingent on specific beliefs.
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    • 1.Foundationalism can avoid the trilemma if basic beliefs are self-evident or non-inferential, requiring no further justification to stop the chain.
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    • 2.Coherentism escapes circularity by justifying beliefs through mutual support networks rather than linear chains, making regress and circularity distinct problems.
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    • 3.The trilemma falsely assumes all justification must be linear and explicit; implicit, embodied, or practice-based knowledge may not face these endpoints.
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