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    An inference from a single instance is a poor argument fr... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→Our belief in other minds is not properly warranted, because it rests on a poor argument from analogy.

    An inference from a single instance is a poor argument from analogy that does not warrant the conclusion.

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    Finally, in Stern 2000, it is argued that modest transcendental arguments can be shown to be useful against skepticism, once we distinguish sufficiently carefully between the kinds of skepticism there are, and go for the right target or targets—where a less demanding form of skepticism may perhaps be defeated by a less ambitious transcendental claim. So, for example, if we take the target to be a skeptic who demands certainty, then a modest transcendental argument will not suffice. But if we tak

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