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    It is not the case that Heytesbury's separation of absence-of-knowledge from conscious ignorance conflates the logical and phenomenological dimensions of epistemic states.

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    • 1.The logical-phenomenological distinction may be a false dichotomy; epistemic states are inherently unified phenomena resisting clean separation.
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    • 2.Heytesbury's framework risks fragmenting knowledge into disconnected categories rather than explaining how logical and experiential aspects relate.
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    • 3.Without clear criteria for when separation is justified, the distinction becomes merely terminological rather than explanatorily substantive.
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    • 1.Logical absence-of-knowledge (lacking a truth-value) differs fundamentally from phenomenological ignorance (subjective awareness of not-knowing).
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    • 2.Conflating these dimensions obscures how one can logically lack knowledge without phenomenologically experiencing ignorance.
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    • 3.Heytesbury's distinction preserves the insight that epistemic states have both objective and subjective dimensions requiring separate analysis.
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