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But Stich himself offered a counterexample to this analysis: universally held beliefs, such as the belief that water quenches thirst, will count as innate traits on this analysis, which seems counterintuitive (Stich 1975, p. 9).— The Distinction Between Innate and Acquired Characteristics
The fact that each provable statement is obligatory is often regarded as counterintuitive, and there are many other well-known— Mally's Deontic Logic
Many find this counterintuitive, since laws of nature with infinitely many instances can apparently be confirmed.— Interpretations of Probability
Though counterintuitive, the semantic anomalies that beset supervaluationism should be accepted because they are part of a theory which fares better overall than any other.— Sorites Paradox
DeWitt admits that this constant splitting of worlds whenever the states of systems become correlated is counterintuitive:— Everett's Relative-State Formulation of Quantum Mechanics
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