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    It is not the case that The project to explain science from within science could ultimately vindicate global skepticism

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    • 1.Neurath's coherentist model shows science can be self-correcting without requiring an external Archimedean standpoint for justification.
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    • 2.A self-refuting naturalistic project would undermine only that particular research program, not the epistemic credentials of science as a whole.
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    • 1.Quine's epistemic naturalism entails that circularity in vindicating science is not vicious, since no non-question-begging foundation is available to any epistemology.
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    • 2.If all epistemologies face analogous circularity, the skeptic cannot selectively deploy self-defeat as a decisive objection against naturalism alone.
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    Reasons Against

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    • 1.The project to explain science from within science could defeat itself
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    • 2.If the project defeats itself, the skeptic is vindicated
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