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    Challenges→All pramāṇas possess the property of being pramāṇas intrinsically (svataḥ prāmāṇya).

    Therefore, prāmāṇya cannot be self-certifying because the very conditions that make a cognition truth-tracking are constituted by factors outside the cognition's intrinsic character.

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    Self-certifying(describing what truth is in this philosophy)
    Something that proves itself is true without needing outside evidence or verification.
    cognition(Interpretation of Kant's use of 'cognition' (Erkenntnis) as pertaining to meaning/intelligibility rather than merely knowledge)
    A semantic notion (on the interpretation described)
    intrinsic character(metaphysics)
    The essential properties or qualities that something has all by itself, independent of anything else—like the color or size of an object.
    prāmāṇya(as used in epistemology)
    A Sanskrit term from Indian philosophy meaning 'validity' or 'reliability'—the quality that makes a belief or source of knowledge trustworthy and able to tell us truth.
    truth-tracking

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