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    Supports→If PSR applies to necessary truths via the principle of knowing (principium rationis cognoscendi), then restricting PSR to contingency misrepresents its actual scope.

    Necessary truths (e.g., mathematical axioms) demand explanation via their conceptual grounds, not just contingent facts.

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