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    It is not the case that The inference from 'appearance cannot be denied' to 'appearance must be connected to reality' conflates epistemic unavoidability with ontological integration.

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    Reasons For

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    • 1.Any appearance necessarily exists as a mental event, thus is already ontologically integrated into the causal order of consciousness.
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    • 2.Epistemic unavoidability itself grounds a weak ontological claim: appearances must exist and have some relational structure.
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    • 3.The distinction between epistemic and ontological may be artificial; our only cognitive access to reality is through appearances.
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    Reasons Against

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    • 1.Epistemic unavoidability (we cannot doubt appearances) differs categorically from ontological claims (appearances must connect to reality).
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    • 2.A fact about our cognitive limitations doesn't entail conclusions about external reality's structure or composition.
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    • 3.Appearances could be systematically disconnected from reality yet remain psychologically inescapable (as in radical skeptical scenarios).
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