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    It is not the case that Both the existence monist and existence nihilist must establish that the premises of the exclusion argument (or any alternative they provide) have sufficient plausibility to override considerations from intuition and perception.

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    • 1.Intuitions favoring pluralism may themselves be theoretically contaminated by folk ontology rather than tracking mind-independent reality.
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    • 2.Quine and Sellars demonstrate that the 'manifest image' of common sense lacks evidential priority over systematic metaphysical inquiry.
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    • 3.If intuitions are theory-laden artifacts, they cannot serve as a neutral baseline that monist arguments must 'override'.
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    Reason for 2 of 2
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    • 1.The exclusion argument operates at the level of fundamental ontology, which Parfit and Sider argue is epistemically insulated from ordinary perceptual evidence.
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    • 2.Perceptual experience underdetermines ontological structure, as the same perceptual data is compatible with both monist and pluralist interpretations of what exists.
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    Reasons Against

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    • 1.Intuition and perception seem to tilt strongly toward existence pluralism.
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    • 2.To defeat existence pluralism, the monist or nihilist must offer argumentative considerations strong enough to override intuition and perception.
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