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    It is not the case that If nihilism is incoherent with the very act of rational deliberation, it cannot be a live epistemic possibility for any deliberating agent.

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    • 1.Pragmatic coherence (acting successfully) differs from logical coherence; one can deliberate effectively without endorsing nihilism's truth-claims.
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    • 2.Nihilism may be rationally indefensible yet still psychologically alive—agents can hold contradictory commitments without coherence requirements blocking them.
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    • 3.The argument equivocates between 'live option' (psychologically available) and 'defensible option' (rationally justified), conflating distinct epistemic categories.
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    • 1.Rational deliberation requires assigning differential credence to outcomes, which presupposes some propositions are more justified than others.
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    • 2.Nihilism denies that any proposition has greater justification than its negation, making deliberation's presuppositions self-refuting.
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    • 3.An agent cannot coherently act on a view while simultaneously believing that view undermines the rational basis for action itself.
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