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    It is not the case that The absence of such mechanisms in intuition means skeptical arguments targeting intuitions can be structurally distinct even when superficially resembling arguments against perception.

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    • 1.Intuitions have functional mechanisms (cognitive biases, processing limits) structurally similar to perceptual error-sources.
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    • 2.The absence of one mechanism-type doesn't establish structural distinctness if skeptical arguments target reliability generally, not mechanisms specifically.
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    • 3.Surface resemblance between arguments may track genuine logical form; dismissing it requires proving mechanism-type is logically relevant.
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    • 1.Intuitions lack the causal-sensory mechanisms (receptors, neural pathways) that structure skeptical challenges to perception.
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    • 2.Skepticism about perception exploits systematic error-conditions; intuitions have no analogous reliability-undermining mechanisms.
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    • 3.Arguments questioning perceptual access (illusions, hallucinations) don't transfer to intuitions without fundamentally different premises.
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