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    Challenges→Grasping the second horn of Tucker's dilemma—accepting that the making-probable relation is necessary—is a plausible reply that does not collapse into phenomenal conservatism.

    The making-probable relation, if grasped via acquaintance alone, reduces epistemic work to phenomenal accessibility, collapsing the structural distinction Tucker's dilemma was meant to preserve.

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    Key Terms

    Collapsing(as used in logical argumentation)
    In philosophy, this means showing that two things we thought were different are actually the same or equally valid.
    Epistemic
    "Epistemic" relates to knowledge—how we know things, what counts as knowledge, and whether we can trust what we believe to be true. It comes from the Greek word for knowledge and is used to describe questions about the reliability and validity of our beliefs and understanding. For example, "epistemic humility" means acknowledging the limits of what you can actually know for certain.
    Making-probable relation(epistemology)
    The relationship where one thing makes another thing more likely to be true—for example, seeing dark clouds makes rain more probable.
    Phenomenal accessibility(as used in epistemology and philosophy of mind)
    Whether something can be directly experienced or felt in your conscious awareness.

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    Structural distinction(as used in logic and metaphysics)
    A meaningful difference in how two things are organized or related to each other, rather than just being different in appearance.
    Tucker's dilemma(as used in contemporary epistemology)
    A philosophical puzzle (named after philosopher Chris Tucker) about how we can have knowledge of abstract things—it explores whether two different philosophical positions lead to problems.
    acquaintance(Russell's epistemology of singular reference)
    Russell's form of demonstrative identification, in which a subject is directly presented with an object (typically sense data) rather than an extra-mental individual

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