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    It is not the case that Kelly's reflection on peer disagreement shows that treating one's own assessment as correct presupposes the reliability that higher-order doubt places in question.

    ?Set your confidence on the premises below to see your aggregate.

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    • 1.We can justifiably rely on first-order judgments without resolving all higher-order doubts about reliability—pragmatic reasoning often requires this.
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    • 2.Peer disagreement shows disagreement exists, not that any particular peer's confidence is unjustified or presupposes false reliability claims.
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    • 3.Rejecting one's own assessment as correct requires the same reliability assumptions it questions, creating symmetric self-defeat for skeptics.
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    • 1.Higher-order doubt questions whether our cognitive faculties are reliable, undermining confidence in first-order judgments.
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    • 2.Treating one's assessment as correct requires assuming one's reasoning process is trustworthy—a presupposition higher-order doubt challenges.
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    • 3.Peer disagreement reveals that intelligent agents reach opposite conclusions, suggesting individual confidence lacks adequate justification.
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