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    Challenges→The most promising defense of criteriological criteria is that the criteria effectively rule out explanations other than the truth of the claim

    Therefore, criteriological criteria systematically underdetermine the supernatural conclusion even when they succeed by their own standards.

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    • 1.Natural explanations can always be extended or refined to account for phenomena criteria deem supernatural.
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    • 2.Meeting internal criteriological standards doesn't exclude competing naturalistic hypotheses from remaining viable.
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    • 3.The gap between 'best current explanation' and 'supernatural' cannot be closed by criteria alone without additional metaphysical assumptions.
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    • 1.If criteria succeed by their own standards, they've done their epistemic job; underdetermination is a general problem, not specific to supernatural claims.
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    • 2.Some naturalistic theories face equal or worse underdetermination problems, so this objection unfairly targets supernatural inference.
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    • 3.Practical inference often requires accepting the best available explanation even amid theoretical underdetermination.
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