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    P2 commits a genetic fallacy: the causal origin of a beli... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→Epistemologists should renounce the project of explaining knowledge a priori and independently of science

    P2 commits a genetic fallacy: the causal origin of a belief in perceptual mechanisms is distinct from its epistemic justification.

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    • 1.A belief's truth-value and justification depend on current evidence, not how the belief originated evolutionarily or causally.
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    • 2.We routinely accept beliefs from unreliable sources if they're now supported by good reasons, showing origin ≠ justification.
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    • 3.Confusing causal history with epistemic status would make all evolved beliefs suspect, yet we trust perception despite its evolutionary origin.
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    • 1.If perceptual systems were shaped by natural selection for survival, not truth, their causal origin is epistemically relevant to reliability.
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    • 2.Distinguishing origin from justification assumes we can evaluate current evidence independently—but perception is our only access to that evidence.
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    • 3.The genetic fallacy label assumes 'origin is irrelevant,' but origin often reveals systematic biases that undermine justification claims.
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