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    It is not the case that Circular attempts to explain science within its own terms are legitimate

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    • 1.Neurath's boat notwithstanding, Sextus Empiricus established that circular reasoning fails to confer justification because it presupposes what is at issue.
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    • 2.If science's reliability is precisely what requires vindication, invoking scientific methods to establish that reliability begs the central question.
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    • 3.An argument that begs the question against a coherent skeptical position is not merely unhelpful but epistemically illegitimate as a justification.
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    • 1.Epistemic circularity renders a justificatory practice unable to rationally persuade those who already doubt the method's reliability.
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    • 2.A legitimating argument for science must be capable of addressing the skeptic, not merely reassuring those already committed to scientific norms.
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    • 1.The circularity of explaining science from within science does not guarantee the success of the effort
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    • 2.An effort that could fail is not rendered illegitimate merely by being circular
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