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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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.