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    It is not the case that 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 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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    • 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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