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    Challenges→The CP-based argument for Cartesian Skepticism is sound when produced in heightened-scrutiny contexts

    If skeptical conclusions are context-relative, the CP-based argument establishes only that knowledge-attribution standards shift, not that we genuinely lack knowledge of the external world.

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    Key Terms

    CP-based argument(epistemology)
    An argument based on a principle or theory abbreviated as 'CP' (likely referring to a specific philosophical framework; without more context, it's a reference to another philosophical work or principle).
    context-relative(philosophy of language and epistemology)
    Something that changes meaning or truth depending on the specific situation or circumstances you're in.
    external world(Descartes' Sixth Meditation, where the external world is not equivalent to the material world)
    The domain of objects existing independently of the meditator's mind, which may include both immaterial beings (God) and material bodies
    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.

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    knowledge-attribution standards(epistemology)
    The rules or criteria we use to decide whether someone actually has knowledge of something.
    skeptical conclusions(as philosophical positions)
    Conclusions that doubt or deny that we can know things; a skeptic argues we know much less (or nothing) than we normally think.

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