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    It is not the case that Conflating argument with open-ended inquiry dissolves the conceptual boundary that makes argument a distinct epistemic practice.

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    • 1.Most real arguments emerge from and remain embedded in open-ended inquiry; their boundaries are pragmatic, not conceptually rigid.
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    • 2.Distinguishing argument from inquiry artificially freezes what are actually fluid epistemic practices operating on a spectrum.
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    • 3.The claim assumes 'distinct epistemic practice' requires sharp boundaries, but practices can be distinct while overlapping functionally.
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    • 1.Arguments have formal structure (premises entailing conclusions) that open-ended inquiry lacks, making them epistemically distinct.
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    • 2.Treating argument and inquiry as identical obscures important methodological differences in how each generates warranted belief.
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    • 3.Argument serves a specific social function—persuasion through rational justification—that differs from inquiry's exploratory aim.
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