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    It is not the case that The old problem of vindicating scientific knowledge can be rejected

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    • 1.The old problem of vindicating scientific knowledge presupposes that one can vindicate scientific and other knowledge on the basis of propositions that are knowable a priori
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    • 2.That presupposition is false
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    • 1.Quine's naturalized epistemology shows that justification of science is internal to science itself, not grounded in a priori first philosophy.
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    • 2.If epistemology is continuous with empirical inquiry, the demand for an external vindication of science rests on a category error.
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    • 1.Wittgenstein's 'On Certainty' demonstrates that foundational propositions like those underwriting science function as hinges, not hypotheses requiring external vindication.
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    • 2.Hinge propositions are not justified by a priori reasoning but are constitutive of rational practice itself, making the traditional vindicatory project misconceived.
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