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    It is not the case that Humans cannot gain any true knowledge

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    Reasons For

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    Reason for 1 of 2
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    • 1.Zhuangzi's perspectivalism entails that partial, situated knowledge is genuine knowledge, not a failed approximation of absolute knowledge.
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    • 2.If finite knowers can reliably navigate the world through dao-aligned practice, then functional truth-tracking constitutes a valid form of knowing.
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    Reason for 2 of 2
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    • 1.The argument conflates exhaustive knowledge of all things with true knowledge of particular things, an equivocation on 'knowledge'.
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    • 2.Wang Yangming's doctrine of liangzhi demonstrates that moral and perceptual knowledge can be certain without requiring infinite comprehension.
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    Reasons Against

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    • 1.Knowledge is infinite
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    • 2.The human capacity for comprehension is too limited to grasp infinite knowledge
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