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    It is not the case that An intuition of an idea's adequacy does not by itself establish the independent existence of the object represented by that idea.

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    • 1.For Descartes, the clarity and distinctness of an idea is itself a criterion guaranteed by God's veracity to track mind-independent reality.
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    • 2.If God is no deceiver, then maximally adequate intuitions cannot systematically misrepresent what exists, collapsing the gap between adequacy and existence.
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    Reason for 2 of 2
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    • 1.Husserl's principle of principles holds that what presents itself originarily in intuition is to be accepted as it gives itself, as a source of epistemic right.
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    • 2.If intuitive givenness carries its own justificatory force, the demand for a 'separate argument' for existence imports an unjustified skeptical burden not inherent in the phenomenology of intuition itself.
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    Reasons Against

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    • 1.Intuition establishes only the self-certifying character of certain ideas.
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    • 2.The existence of a mind-independent object corresponding to an idea is a further question that requires separate argument or a distinct form of intuition.
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