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    It is not the case that Intuitions functioning as hinge commitments can ground inquiry without generating regress, since calibration requirements don't apply to structural presuppositions.

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    • 1.Exempting structural presuppositions from calibration makes them epistemically arbitrary—indistinguishable from unjustified dogmatism in practice.
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    • 2.Hinge commitments still shape inquiry outcomes; uncalibrated assumptions can systematically bias results, suggesting calibration remains epistemically relevant.
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    • 3.The distinction between 'grounding inquiry' and 'justifying inquiry' appears rhetorical if unjustified hinges can mislead us about fundamental matters.
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    • 1.Hinge commitments (Wittgenstein) function as framework-constituting rather than framework-justifying, exempting them from calibration demands.
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    • 2.Structural presuppositions enable inquiry itself, so requiring their calibration would presuppose the very standards they ground—creating circularity.
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    • 3.Regress terminates when we reach propositions whose rejection would make inquiry meaningless, not when we achieve foundational certainty.
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