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    It is not the case that The global skeptic equally begs the question by presupposing the legitimacy of Cartesian standards of certainty that themselves require prior epistemic commitments to logical inference and conceptual clarity.

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    • 1.Using logical tools doesn't require proving their legitimacy first—we can work within frameworks without meta-justifying them.
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    • 2.Skeptics needn't endorse Cartesian certainty standards; they can argue knowledge fails weaker, context-dependent standards instead.
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    • 3.The charge of begging the question conflates "using premises" with "unjustifiably assuming" them without argument.
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    • 1.Global skeptics invoke logical laws (non-contradiction) to argue knowledge is impossible, presupposing logic's validity.
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    • 2.Cartesian certainty standards assume basic conceptual distinctions (subject/object, knowledge/doubt) are epistemically secure.
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    • 3.Any argument against knowledge must use inference rules, creating performative contradiction if those rules lack justification.
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