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    Challenges→An argument is non-transmissive of justification when condition (iii+) cannot be satisfied under any epistemic circumstance, regardless of whether conditions (i) and (ii) are satisfied.

    If a reliable cognitive process yields a justified conclusion belief, the failure of condition (iii+) reflects a limitation of the internalist framework, not a genuine epistemic barrier to transmission.

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    Key Terms

    Cognitive process(as used in epistemology)
    A mental activity your brain uses to gain information or form beliefs, like reasoning, memory, or perception.
    Epistemic
    "Epistemic" relates to knowledge—how we know things, what counts as knowledge, and whether we can trust what we believe to be true. It comes from the Greek word for knowledge and is used to describe questions about the reliability and validity of our beliefs and understanding. For example, "epistemic humility" means acknowledging the limits of what you can actually know for certain.
    Internalism / Internalist framework(as used in epistemology)
    A theory that says the things that make a belief justified must be facts that exist inside your own mind (your reasons, experiences, and thoughts).
    Transmission(as used in epistemology)
    In this context, the idea that if one belief is justified and supports another belief, the justification can pass from the first belief to the second.

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    belief(Hume's account of causal inference, Treatise I.III.7–8)
    An idea that is almost as vivid and forceful as the impression of which it was once a copy
    condition (iii+)(Unfulfilled when evidence directly justifies the conclusion)
    A condition (in a framework for transmissivity) requiring that the subject's justification for the conclusion be based at least in part on knowledge of the inferential relation between premises and conclusion
    justified(Epistemological discussion of Socratic wisdom in The Apology)
    Having beliefs formed with adequate evidence or through reliable belief-forming processes, distinct from the ability to demonstrate one's justification to an interrogator.

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