Epistemological Particularism

I have been accused in another forum of lacking a certain received knowledge. I will not deny that I am not prepared to uphold any claim that what is accepted de facto is thereby naturally demonstrated.

I stand with Hume (but not Descartes) as an epistemological methodist.

Nor, for that matter--and I address this only for purposes of clarity--have I any edition or reprint of any pamphlet by one Mr. Thomas Paine in my library.

As to the suggestion that I perceive my own person to be spirited, mentally alert, clever, saucy, fashionable, or automatically-guided... I shall leave any such judgments to the evaluative capacities and inclinations of others.