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    If the space of possible goodmaking properties is non-nat... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→The line of argument that there are unlikely to be many unknown goodmaking properties is not especially promising.

    If the space of possible goodmaking properties is non-naturalistic and open-ended, no principled argument can establish that known properties are near-exhaustive.

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    • 1.Non-naturalistic properties exist outside empirical discovery methods, so exhaustiveness requires non-empirical justification we lack.
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    • 2.Open-ended spaces logically permit infinite additions; any finite list of properties leaves conceptual room for further unknowns.
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    • 3.Without closure principles grounding the space, we cannot rule out unknown properties as merely redundant or derivative.
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    • 1.A property space can be non-naturalistic yet still constrained by conceptual coherence, making exhaustiveness arguments viable.
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    • 2.Open-endedness describes epistemic possibility, not metaphysical actuality; fewer properties may suffice for grounding all value facts.
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    • 3.We can establish near-exhaustiveness pragmatically via explanatory sufficiency without claiming metaphysical completeness.
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