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    It is not the case that If truth were exhausted by present experiential evidence, the very premises used to argue against absolute truth could not themselves be stably true.

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    • 1.Stability of logical form doesn't require metaphysical absoluteness; consistency rules can be experientially grounded conventions.
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    • 2.Self-reference paradoxes reflect language limitations, not proof that some truths transcend experience entirely.
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    • 3.Math's consistency across contexts shows human cognitive universals, not objective truths independent of all possible minds.
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    Reasons Against

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    • 1.Logical arguments require stable truths to work; if premises shift with experience, argumentation itself becomes impossible.
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    • 2.Self-refuting claims (like 'all truth is experiential') undermine their own status by failing their own proposed standard.
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    • 3.Mathematical and logical truths appear constant across different experiential contexts, suggesting trans-experiential validity.
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