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    A regress of unexplained resemblances is no less problema... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→Quinean nominalists can block the One Over Many argument by appealing to bruteness in a more subtle way

    A regress of unexplained resemblances is no less problematic than the original One Over Many demand for a common property.

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    • 1.Both regresses demand explanation: why things resemble requires either a common property or an infinite chain of resemblance facts.
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    • 2.A regress of resemblances offers no explanatory advantage—each resemblance still requires justification, creating the same explanatory burden.
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    • 3.Without a stopping point, neither approach avoids circularity or infinite regress, making them epistemically equivalent failures.
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    • 1.Resemblance can be primitive and non-relational, needing no further explanation, unlike universals which demand metaphysical grounding.
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    • 2.A regress of resemblances may be benign (like mathematical infinite series) rather than vicious, unlike the original One Over Many problem.
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    • 3.Resemblance is observable and baseline; positing hidden universals adds explanatory burden without empirical justification.
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