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    Challenges→We can have no theoretical knowledge of the ultimate constitution of reality as it is in itself, independent of our representations.

    If our representations were systematically disconnected from reality's constitution, the extraordinary precision of quantum electrodynamics and general relativity would be an inexplicable miracle.

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    General relativity(as used in physics)
    Einstein's theory explaining how gravity works by describing space and time as flexible, bendable things affected by massive objects like stars and planets.
    Quantum electrodynamics(the theory being discussed as successful)
    A scientific theory that explains how light and electricity interact at the tiniest scales of atoms and particles.
    Representations(as used in epistemology and philosophy of mind)
    Mental images, ideas, or thoughts that stand in for things in the world—essentially, how your mind depicts or understands reality.
    inexplicable miracle(logic/reasoning)
    Something that would be impossible to explain through normal reasons and would seem like pure luck or magic rather than something that makes sense.
    reality's constitution

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    (metaphysics (what exists))
    The fundamental nature of what exists—the basic stuff and structure that actually makes up the world, independent of what we think about it.
    systematically disconnected(epistemology)
    Consistently and thoroughly out of sync—if our mental ideas had no real connection to how things actually are, occurring as a regular pattern rather than by chance.

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