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    It is not the case that To act for the reason that p, an agent must believe that p.

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    • 1.Philosophers like Williamson argue that knowledge, not belief, is the fundamental factive mental state that grounds action.
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    • 2.If the operative epistemic relation is knowledge rather than belief, an agent who merely believes p but does not know p may fail to act for the reason that p.
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    • 3.This inverts the standard claim: belief is neither sufficient nor the correct criterion—knowledge is the relevant epistemic relation.
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    Reason for 2 of 2
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    • 1.Agents can act on subdoxastic states—perceptual or proprioceptive states that causally guide behavior without rising to the level of belief.
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    • 2.If subdoxastic states can rationalize and explain action, then belief is not a necessary condition for acting for a reason.
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    Reasons Against

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    • 1.Acting for a motivating reason requires the agent to stand in some epistemic relation to the reason that motivates her.
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    • 2.The relevant epistemic relation is belief.
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