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    Devitt's 'bruteness' strategy merely relocates the explan... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→Quinean nominalists can block the One Over Many argument by appealing to bruteness in a more subtle way

    Devitt's 'bruteness' strategy merely relocates the explanatory burden rather than dissolving it, leaving primitive resemblance unexplained.

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    • 1.Declaring resemblance primitive merely asserts ignorance rather than explaining it; the burden remains unmet.
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    • 2.If bruteness stops explanation, we should reject any theory relying on it as incomplete rather than final.
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    • 3.Other frameworks (like trope nominalism) explain resemblance through constituent properties, avoiding primitives altogether.
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    • 1.All explanatory chains must terminate somewhere; primitives are necessary endpoints, not explanatory failures.
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    • 2.Resemblance may be too fundamental to be further analyzed without circularity—bruteness reflects metaphysical reality, not inadequacy.
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    • 3.Devitt's strategy succeeds if it avoids infinite regress better than rival theories, regardless of residual primitives.
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