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    It is not the case that A valid inference from 'same reality' requires that the shared reality is precisely the property doing the explanatory work, which Suhrawardi does not establish.

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    • 1.Some explanations work by identifying shared conditions without fully articulating every causal mechanism involved.
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    • 2.The demand for explicit establishment of 'which property does the work' may presuppose a stricter standard than inference logic requires.
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    • 3.Suhrawardi's framework may rely on structural or metaphysical commonality that grounds validity implicitly rather than explicitly.
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    • 1.Explanatory work requires identifying the specific mechanism doing the explaining, not just citing a vague common factor.
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    • 2.Suhrawardi appeals to 'shared reality' without demonstrating which properties of that reality generate the inferences at stake.
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    • 3.Without showing *why* sameness explains the inference, the claim remains an assertion rather than a justified argument.
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