Established Realities, Distinct Respects and Radical Skepticism

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• What is the central claim of “the realities of things are established”?
• If two people give a tree conflicting labels, what is the primary epistemic question?
• Which statement correctly distinguishes belief from the state of affairs?
• How can an apparently repetitive statement like “the Necessary Existent exists” be meaningful?
• What distinguishes an empty tautology from the intended assertion about realities?
• What is the rhetorical function of repetition in “I am Abu al-Najm, and my poetry is my poetry”?
• Under one recognized sense of bayān, what may be required?
• How can a statement be meaningful yet require explanation?
• Calling one human a body and a rational animal illustrates what principle?
• When may “human is a rational animal” merely restate known content?
• What does NOT follow from “knowledge of realities is established”?
• What distinguishes conception from assent?
• Which correctly distinguishes affirmation of a kind from universal distribution?
• What conclusion is warranted when one perception proves mistaken?
• Which claim characterizes the ʿInādiyyah in this passage?
• What is the difficulty with the ʿIndiyyah position?
• What does “substance if believed substance, accident if believed accident” illustrate?
• How far does doubt extend in the radical Lā Adriyyah position?
• Which conclusion does not follow from “some conceptions are mistaken”?
• What is the point of “negation itself is a kind of reality”?
• What does not immediately follow from recognizing a negative judgment?
• What is the intended sense of “we are certain by necessity” here?
• What distinction is conveyed by knowing some matters through ʿiyān and others through bayān?
• Someone says “I do not know the answer to this problem.” What is the most careful assessment?
• Which mapping of the three positions is correct?
• What is the main conclusion of this level?
• “Knowledge of realities is established” means everyone knows every particular detail about everything.
• In the position attributed to the ʿIndiyyah, reality is treated as dependent upon the observer’s belief.
• A proposition whose wording is clear can never require a supporting argument.
• The passage acknowledges that some things are known through immediate observation and others through explanation or proof.