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    It is not the case that Whatever we clearly and distinctly perceive is true.

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    • 1.Descartes' validation of clear and distinct perception relies on God's existence, which is itself established through clear and distinct perception.
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    • 2.Any argument whose conclusion is a necessary condition for the validity of its own premises commits a vicious epistemic circle.
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    • 3.Therefore the Cartesian criterion cannot be self-validating without presupposing what it sets out to prove (Arnauld's objection, Fourth Objections).
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    • 1.Historical cases show that trained philosophers have held mutually contradictory propositions with equal subjective certainty and clarity (e.g., infinite divisibility debates).
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    • 2.If two competent reasoners can each clearly and distinctly perceive contradictory propositions, the criterion cannot reliably track mind-independent truth.
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    Reasons Against

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    • God cannot be a deceiver.
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