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    If a judgment class admits of any false instances, certai... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→Immediate judgments cannot be false and must therefore be certain

    If a judgment class admits of any false instances, certainty cannot be guaranteed by membership in that class alone, regardless of how the class is defined.

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    • 1.A class containing even one false member cannot guarantee truth of all members by definition of 'false instance.'
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    • 2.Certainty requires absolute confidence; any possibility of falsehood undermines absolute confidence in class membership.
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    • 3.Definition alone cannot alter empirical facts about which members are actually false within a judgment class.
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    • 1.Certainty may derive from justified belief ratios, not just absence of false instances—99% accuracy suffices practically.
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    • 2.Some judgment classes (e.g., mathematical axioms) admit zero false instances despite how broadly they're defined.
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    • 3.The claim conflates logical membership conditions with epistemic guarantees—these operate on different levels.
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