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    Supports→The proposition that one has hands cannot itself serve as evidence for the proposition that one is not a handless brain in a vat

    Wright's distinction between entitlement and evidence shows that warrant for 'I have hands' is itself parasitic on prior entitlement to trust one's perceptual faculties, which the skeptical hypothesis directly undermines.

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    Evidence(Distinguished from prior/intrinsic probability in the context of the low priors argument)
    Factors extrinsic to a hypothesis that raise or lower its probability
    Parasitic (in epistemology)(describing the relationship between beliefs)
    When one belief or justification depends on and feeds off another belief that comes first; the second can't work without the first already being in place.
    Skeptical hypothesis(The statement examines whether this type of doubting argument actually works logically)
    A thought experiment where a skeptic imagines a scenario in which our beliefs about the world could be completely wrong (like dreaming or being in a simulation).
    Wright
    # Wright "Wright" is most commonly a surname in English-speaking countries, meaning someone who makes or builds things (like a "wheelwright" who makes wheels). The most famous example is the Wright brothers—Orville and Wilbur Wright—American inventors who built and flew the first successful airplane in 1903, fundamentally changing transportation and human history. They matter because their achievement launched the aviation industry and proved that powered, controlled flight was possible.

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    entitlement(Wright's account of a priori justification)
    Being rational to accept or trust a presupposition on no grounds or evidence; distinguished from being justified in believing a proposition.
    perceptual faculties(Introduced as the subject of the epistemological discussion)
    The cognitive capacities through which we perceive the world, including at minimum the five senses: sight, touch, hearing, smell, and taste
    warrant(Toulmin's model of argumentation)
    An implicit premise that an argument depends on, which licenses the move from evidence to conclusion; in this context, the unstated assumption that normal misdemeanor penalties are insufficient as a deterrent.

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