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    It is not the case that If the PSR governs only how we systematize inquiry rather than how things are, denying p entailing an 'unreasoned fact' shows only an epistemic gap, not p's falsity.

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    • 1.If PSR governs only inquiry, not reality, the distinction collapses under scrutiny—we cannot coherently systematize what we deny about things themselves.
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    • 2.An epistemic gap traceable to an unreasoned fact suggests that fact obtains; denying p's falsity while admitting explanatory dead-ends is unstable.
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    • 3.Restricting PSR to methodology alone makes it toothless: it cannot ground the rational intelligibility we actually seek from philosophical inquiry.
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    • 1.Epistemic principles need not mirror metaphysical structure; inquiry methods can be pragmatically justified independent of reality's fundamental nature.
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    • 2.An 'unreasoned fact' creates explanatory gaps in our theories, but gaps in explanation don't entail gaps in nature itself.
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    • 3.Denying PSR's metaphysical force preserves both scientific methodology and allows for brute facts without incoherence.
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