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    It is not the case that C.I. Lewis argued that any experiential evidence gains justificatory force through its role in coherent networks of experience, not solely through sensory-type causal chains.

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    • 1.Coherence among experiences can be systematic and mutually reinforcing yet collectively false—coherence lacks independent reality-check.
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    • 2.Direct causal contact between world and perception provides justification independent of holistic network properties we can verify.
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    • 3.Lewis conflates the *explanation* of why we trust experiences with the *grounds* that actually justify them metaphysically.
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    • 1.Isolated sensations lack determinate meaning; only relational context within experience networks gives them intelligible content.
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    • 2.Coherence across experience better explains why we trust some perceptions over others than raw causal provenance alone.
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    • 3.Perceptual justification requires background beliefs and expectations, making justification fundamentally holistic rather than atomistic.
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