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    It is not the case that The family resemblance between open-question objections and Moore's argument strengthens, not weakens, the objection by inheriting Moore's positive case for non-naturalism.

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    • 1.Family resemblance relationships distribute properties variably across cases; later family members may lose decisive features that made originals persuasive.
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    • 2.Modern responses to Moore (semantic externalism, Cornell realism) undermine his specific argument; resembling arguments inherit these refutations, not just his strengths.
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    • 3.Argumentative force cannot transfer through mere structural analogy; each open-question objection requires independent defense against contemporary naturalist responses.
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    • 1.Moore's open question argument successfully demonstrates that 'good' resists naturalistic definition by showing conceptual gaps persist despite empirical equivalence.
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    • 2.If open-question objections share Moore's logical structure, they inherit his demonstrated capacity to expose the inadequacy of reductive naturalist accounts.
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    • 3.Family resemblance strengthens rather than weakens arguments when the resembling cases share the same core insight—here, that naturalism leaves something explanatorily out.
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