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    Challenges→A successful argument for selective skepticism regarding intuitions must not equally apply to many other sources of putatively justified belief.

    Weinberg, Nichols, and Stich's demographic variation data thus grounds a genuinely selective skepticism that refutes the claim's implicit assumption that no such targeted argument is possible.

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    • 1.Demographic variation in philosophical intuitions shows that some people reliably lack intuitions others have, enabling targeted skepticism about those intuitions.
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    • 2.Universal skepticism about intuitions is harder to defend than selective skepticism targeting only intuitions that vary systematically across demographics.
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    • 3.If intuitions vary by demographic group, this suggests cultural or social factors rather than reliable access to truth, warranting skepticism about those specific intuitions.
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    • 1.Demographic variation in intuitions may reflect differences in education, language, or problem-framing rather than differences in cognitive access to truth.
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    • 2.Selective skepticism requires independent justification for *why* we should distrust variable intuitions, not merely the fact of variation itself.
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    • 3.Even widespread demographic consensus on an intuition could be systematically misleading, so variation alone doesn't show which groups (if any) are unreliable.
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    Key Terms

    Demographic variation data(as evidence used in philosophical arguments)
    Information showing how answers or beliefs differ between groups of people with different backgrounds, ages, cultures, or education levels.
    Implicit assumption(as used in logic and argumentation)
    Something that is assumed to be true without being stated directly or proven first.
    Selective skepticism(as a philosophical stance about what we can know)
    The position that we should doubt or question some specific claims or areas of knowledge, rather than doubting everything across the board.
    Weinberg, Nichols, and Stich(as referenced researchers)
    Three contemporary philosophers who use scientific experiments to test what people actually think about philosophy, rather than just theorizing—they're pioneers of experimental philosophy.
    refutes(as used in logic and debate)
    To prove something is false or wrong by providing a counterargument or evidence against it.

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