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This grounded necessary connection counts as knowledge of... — Carmelics

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Challenges→It is impossible for humans to know that any quality or idea has a necessary connection with a real essence.

This grounded necessary connection counts as knowledge of a link between observable qualities and real essence, refuting the impossibility claim.

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knowledge(Distinguished from mere true belief, which may be the product of indoctrination and need not exercise deliberative capacities.): Justified true belief — true belief that has been arrived at through the exercise of deliberative capacities, including comparison of and deliberation among alternatives.

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