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    It is not the case that When intuitions conflict, systematic theoretical constraints can adjudicate between them without collapsing into mere stipulation.

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    • 1.Which constraints count as 'systematic' and how to weight them against each other are themselves intuitive choices, creating regress.
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    • 2.Theoretical virtues like simplicity and elegance lack consensus definitions and vary across frameworks, making them theory-laden.
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    • 3.Systematic adjudication can smuggle in substantive commitments under the guise of formal principles, disguising stipulation rather than avoiding it.
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    • 1.Theoretical constraints (consistency, explanatory power, parsimony) are objective criteria independent of any single intuition.
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    • 2.Arbitrating via systematic principles differs from stipulation because the choice is justified by reasons external to the competing intuitions.
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    • 3.Mathematics and physics successfully use theoretical elegance to resolve conflicting intuitions about reality without circularity.
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