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    It is not the case that A conclusion resting on a false attribution of historical causation cannot ground a defensible claim about world-historical progress.

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    • 1.Progress can be defined independently of historical causes—as improved outcomes regardless of how they arose or why.
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    • 2.Many causal claims are inherently underdetermined; what counts as 'false attribution' often depends on contested interpretive frameworks.
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    • 3.Even flawed causal reasoning may motivate beneficial actions; defensibility concerns outcomes and effects, not just explanatory accuracy.
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    • 1.Historical causation is empirically verifiable; false attributions misrepresent actual causes and thus cannot justify normative claims.
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    • 2.Progress claims require sound reasoning; arguments built on causal errors lack the evidential foundation necessary for defensibility.
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    • 3.Legitimacy of progress narratives depends on accurate historical understanding; distorted causation undermines their credibility.
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