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    It is not the case that Since skeptics deny the reliability of perception globally, Moore's perceptual premise 'I have a hand' inherits exactly the doubt the proof was meant to resolve.

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    • 1.Moore's hand is directly available to present experience in ways dreams and illusions typically are not—immediate, persistent, and behaviorally integrated.
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    • 2.Global skeptical doubt doesn't eliminate justification for particular perceptions; it only shows no perception is infallible—a much weaker thesis.
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    • 3.Moore's strategy works not by proving certainty but by showing external-world skepticism is less rational than trusting ordinary perceptual judgment about hands.
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    • 1.Skeptics argue perception is globally unreliable because illusions, hallucinations, and dreams show perceptual systems can systematically mislead us.
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    • 2.Moore's proof assumes 'I have a hand' is known through perception, but if perception itself is doubted, this premise inherits that foundational doubt.
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    • 3.Moore gains argumentative force only if the premise is more certain than external-world skepticism—but global perceptual doubt undercuts this asymmetry.
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