If causal chains can reliably ground knowledge of external states, then dismissing causality as a route to deeper reality requires a stronger argument than mere categorical distinction.
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Our ability to know facts about things that exist outside our minds, like whether a chair is really in the room.
categorical distinction(contrasted with modal or perspectival distinctions)
A fundamental, real difference in what something IS or what category it belongs to—not just how it appears or from what angle you look at it.
knowledge(Distinguished from mere true belief, which may be the product of indoctrination and need not exercise deliberative capacities.)
Justified true belief — true belief that has been arrived at through the exercise of deliberative capacities, including comparison of and deliberation among alternatives.