The Critic's Allegation of Circularity Can Be Rebutted

Clema: A charge of circularity against an argument can be rebutted if we have independent reason to believe the premises. If I know the essence of something, which is of a certain kind, then I will not know a priori whether any other thing of that kind, in fact, does exist,. Clema: This gives us a reason to think that knowing the essence of a thing does not entail knowing its existence.