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    Some thought experiments, like Kripke's Gödel case, gener... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→Thought experiments never go beyond the empirical premises in a way to which any empiricist would object.

    Some thought experiments, like Kripke's Gödel case, generate modal intuitions about necessity that outrun any empirical observation or inductive generalization.

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    • 1.Kripke's case elicits robust cross-cultural intuitions about rigid designation that can't be explained by prior experience or learned patterns.
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    • 2.Modal knowledge about necessary identity (Gödel is necessarily Gödel) seems knowable a priori through conceptual analysis, not induction.
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    • 3.If all modal intuitions required empirical grounding, we couldn't explain our ability to recognize modal falsehoods in hypotheticals we've never encountered.
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    • 1.What feels like modal necessity may reflect deeply internalized linguistic conventions and conceptual frameworks acquired through ordinary experience.
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    • 2.The universality of intuitions about Gödel's identity could derive from shared cognitive architecture for tracking individuals, not a priori modal knowledge.
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    • 3.Thought experiments succeed rhetorically by leveraging familiar patterns; their persuasiveness doesn't establish that conclusions transcend empirical grounds.
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