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    If we only ever perceive species, we lose any epistemic g... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→Humans have no direct access to things in the external world and immediately perceive only mental likenesses (species) of those things.

    If we only ever perceive species, we lose any epistemic ground for claiming species resemble external things at all.

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    • 1.Knowledge requires comparing beliefs to reality; if only species are accessible, we cannot make this comparison.
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    • 2.Resemblance claims require independent access to both relata; we have no direct access to external things themselves.
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    • 3.Without epistemic ground for resemblance, we cannot justify inferring external things exist beyond our perceptions.
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    • 1.Species themselves are external things; perceiving their relational and causal structures grounds resemblance claims.
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    • 2.We need not compare perception-independent objects to reality; coherence and predictive success justify resemblance.
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    • 3.The claim conflates 'direct access' with epistemic justification; indirect inference can still constitute valid knowledge.
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