You and I may disagree on our metaphysical views, but that doesn't prevent us from exploring the consequences each viewpoint predicts.

Right. Which leads to a complementary suggestion to the OP author's

the immediate next step should be to zoom in on your intuitions – to figure out the source and content of the intuition as much as possible.

In addition, we should zoom out, to find consequences of the intuitions (when combined with known or discoverable facts). That's where the interesting stuff happens.