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    It is not the case that HD satisfies the individual account only under a ceteris paribus clause that smuggles in background conditions the genetic account cannot itself specify.

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    • 1.HD's ceteris paribus clause conceals rather than resolves what makes beliefs knowledge, leaving the core question unanswered.
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    • 2.The genetic account can independently specify origin conditions (proper causal chains); HD cannot match this specificity without circularity.
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    • 3.Smuggling background conditions into ceteris paribus clauses violates explanatory honesty required for genuine philosophical accounts.
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    • 1.All accounts of knowledge require background assumptions; HD's ceteris paribus clause is no worse than others' implicit conditions.
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    • 2.The genetic account itself relies on unspecified background conditions about proper causal origins, making mutual dependence on context.
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    • 3.If HD cannot specify backgrounds, neither can competing accounts; the objection proves too much to isolate HD's problem.
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