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    Parmenides argued that reliable knowledge of reality requ... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→Humans cannot attain clear knowledge of imperceptible things, but can make reasonable judgments about them from perceptual signs.

    Parmenides argued that reliable knowledge of reality requires rational necessity, not inference from deceptive perceptual appearances.

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    • 1.Sensory perception varies by individual and context, making it an unreliable foundation for universal truths about reality.
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    • 2.Logical necessity provides consistent, unchanging principles that cannot contradict themselves, unlike empirical observations.
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    • 3.Mathematical and geometric truths are knowable through reason alone without requiring sensory verification or confirmation.
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    • 1.Rational systems can be internally consistent yet divorced from actual reality, making logical necessity insufficient for truth.
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    • 2.Empirical knowledge has proven far more effective than pure reason for understanding nature and making accurate predictions.
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    • 3.Even abstract reasoning ultimately depends on sensory experiences that trained our cognitive capacities in the first place.
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    knowledge(Distinguished from mere true belief, which may be the product of indoctrination and need not exercise deliberative capacities.)
    Justified true belief — true belief that has been arrived at through the exercise of deliberative capacities, including comparison of and deliberation among alternatives.

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