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    If the shared modal inference is fallacious, then the fam... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→Objections to one version of the cosmological argument need not refute other versions

    If the shared modal inference is fallacious, then the family of arguments fails collectively, not merely version by version.

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    • 1.A shared modal inference operates as a common logical foundation across all argument versions in a family.
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    • 2.If that foundation is fallacious, it undermines every instance relying on it, not just isolated cases.
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    • 3.Individual argument versions gain their force from the collective structure, so structural collapse affects all.
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    • 1.Some argument versions may contain independent supporting premises that survive even if shared inference fails.
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    • 2.Fallacy in a shared inference step doesn't automatically poison premises used only in particular versions.
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    • 3.Arguments can be overdetermined—succeeding via multiple routes—so shared fallacy needn't doom every version.
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