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Agnosticism Argument

Variable	Definition
U	one (x) can unpack what evidence would lead them to change their doxastic attitude on a proposition (y)
K	one (x) knows why they believe that a proposition (y) is true
W	one (x) should temporarily withhold the belief that a proposition (y) is true
o	the interlocutor
r	the proposition at hand

P1) If one cannot unpack what evidence would lead them to change their doxastic attitude on a proposition, then one does does not know why they believe that a proposition is true.
(∀x∀y(¬Uxy→¬Kxy))
P2) If one does not know why they believe that a proposition is true, then one should temporarily withhold the belief that a proposition is true.
(∀x∀y(¬Kxy→Wxy))
P3) The interlocutor cannot unpack what evidence would lead them to change their doxastic attitude on the proposition at hand.
(¬Uor)
C) Therefore, the interlocutor should temporarily withhold the belief that the proposition at hand is true.
(∴Wor)

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