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    Challenges→The Classical Argument against externalism fails because it either has implausibly strong premises, a problematic inference, or both

    There is no interpretation of 'possibility of motivation' for which both premises of the Classical Argument are plausibly true

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    It seems that there is no interpretation of ‘possibility of motivation’ for which it is plausible that both premises are true and avoid begging the question against externalism. The Classical Argument therefore seems to have either implausibly strong premises, a problematic inference, or both.

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