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    Denying that tensed facts ground perfect-aspect claims collapses the distinction between 'has happened' and 'is alleged to have happened,' undermining the evidential force of the perfect tense entirely.

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    Evidential force(as used in epistemology)
    The power or strength of something to serve as proof or evidence that something is actually true.
    Ground/grounds(as used in metaphysics)
    What makes something true or real; the underlying reason or basis for why something is the case.
    Perfect tense(as used in grammar and philosophy of language)
    The verb form used to talk about something that happened in the past and has a connection to the present (like 'I have finished my homework').
    Perfect-aspect claims(as used in philosophy of language and logic)
    Statements using the 'has' or 'have' form of verbs (like 'has happened' or 'have seen'), which describe actions completed at some point in the past but relevant to the present.
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    (as used in metaphysics and philosophy of time)
    Facts about reality that essentially involve time—like 'it is raining now' or 'it rained yesterday.' These are different from timeless facts because they depend on when something happens.

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