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    Supports→Argument S cannot convince a skeptic who rejects inductive inference

    Wittgenstein's rule-following considerations show that inferential rules derive force only within a shared form of life the skeptic has already rejected.

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    • 1.Rule-following requires mastery of shared practices; a skeptic rejecting all practices cannot ground objections within any framework.
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    • 2.Wittgenstein shows rules lack intrinsic force independent of communal use; skeptical doubt presupposes the form of life it rejects.
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    • 3.The skeptic's argument itself relies on inferential norms accepted within a shared form of life, making rejection self-undermining.
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    • 1.Skeptical doubts can target specific practices (logic, perception) while accepting others (language, social coordination) as legitimate.
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    • 2.Showing rule-following is social doesn't prove skeptics must accept all shared norms; selective rejection of some practices is coherent.
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    • 3.A skeptic might grant forms of life exist while denying they justify belief in external reality or universal logical principles.
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