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    It is not the case that Peirce and pragmatist epistemology hold that epistemic and pragmatic rationality are not categorically distinct but differ only in the scope of practical consequences considered.

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    • 1.Scientific truth-seeking can require accepting beliefs with zero practical consequences; epistemic standards aren't reducible to pragmatic utility.
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    • 2.Pragmatic rationality tolerates contradictions if useful; epistemic rationality prohibits them. This categorical difference can't be merely scope-based.
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    • 3.An empiricist might rationally believe X despite harmful consequences; pragmatic rationality would prohibit this. These conflict fundamentally, not peripherally.
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    • 1.Belief formation in both contexts aims at successful action: epistemic rationality seeks beliefs that reliably guide behavior across all domains.
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    • 2.Peirce's 'fixation of belief' treats inquiry as continuous with practical problem-solving, not a separate cognitive domain with distinct rules.
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    • 3.Drawing sharp boundaries between epistemic and pragmatic rationality creates artificial divisions unsupported by how reasoning actually operates.
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