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    It is not the case that When visual inspection of a diagram reveals a geometric proof, the visual experience is doing epistemic work indistinguishable from evidential support.

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    • 1.Visual illusions demonstrate diagrams can appear to prove false claims, revealing perception is unreliable evidence without formal verification.
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    • 2.Geometric proofs require logical necessity; visual experience provides only contingent observation about particular instantiations drawn.
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    • 3.Evidential support requires mind-independence, but visual experience is subjective and varies across observers and viewing conditions.
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    • 1.Visual systems reliably extract geometric relationships that satisfy formal proof requirements without conscious logical inference.
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    • 2.We recognize proofs as valid through diagram inspection in precisely the same way we recognize empirical evidence—by pattern recognition.
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    • 3.The distinction between 'seeing that P is true' and 'having evidence that P' collapses when perception directly grounds justified belief.
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