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    It is not the case that Careful and thoughtful inquiry is necessary in addition to sensory evidence.

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    • 1.Pyrrhonian skepticism demonstrates that 'careful inquiry' produces equally weighted opposing arguments (isostheneia), yielding suspension of judgment rather than knowledge.
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    • 2.If systematic inquiry reliably produces equipollent contradictions, the prescription to inquire more carefully offers no epistemic advantage over sensory evidence alone.
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    Reason for 2 of 2
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    • 1.Heraclitus himself concedes that logos is ever-present yet humans fail to comprehend it even after hearing it (DKB1/LMD1), suggesting cognitive limits that no method of inquiry can overcome.
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    • 2.If the very faculty of reason used in 'careful inquiry' is constitutively prone to misunderstanding the logos it seeks, adding more inquiry compounds rather than corrects the epistemic failure.
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    Reasons Against

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    • 1.Nature is accustomed to hide itself (DKB123/LMD35).
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    • 2.Phenomena are signs or evidence of a larger order that must be interpreted.
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    • 3.Lovers of wisdom must be good inquirers into many things (DKB35/LMD40).
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