The skeptical conclusion that one does not know they have hands is reached by applying the closure principle to the BIV argument, where the antecedent of the closure principle is considered false because the individual cannot know they are not a brain-in-a-vat.

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• Person: Matthias Steup, Ram Neta Organization: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
  Epistemology - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

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• Epistemology - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy plato.stanford.edu Matthias Steup, Ram Neta · Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy via serper

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• Brain-in-a-vat argument concept
• skepticism concept
• knowledge concept