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We directly grasp truths like 'a thing cannot both be and... — Carmelics

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Supports→Rationalists from Descartes to BonJour hold that intuition of self-evident truths constitutes the foundational epistemic bedrock upon which logical reasoning itself depends.

We directly grasp truths like 'a thing cannot both be and not be' pre-reflectively; this immediate cognitive access constitutes genuine knowledge.

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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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