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    Supports→Diseases do not become more objectively defined entities by receiving a genetic basis.

    A definition that requires external reference classes to fix its extension cannot be more objective than the organismal-level definition it was meant to ground.

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    • 1.Objectivity requires minimal dependence on arbitrary conventions; external reference classes introduce conventional choices absent in organismal definitions.
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    • 2.If a definition's extension depends on external classes, the definition inherits whatever subjectivity or theory-dependence those classes possess.
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    • 3.Grounding aims to reduce complexity to fundamentals; appealing to external references defeats this purpose by shifting rather than solving the objectivity problem.
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    • 1.External reference classes can be more objective than organismal properties if they're grounded in physical law rather than contingent biological variation.
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    • 2.Organismal-level definitions often smuggle in implicit contextual assumptions; explicit external references can actually increase transparency and objectivity.
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    • 3.Objectivity isn't about independence from all external facts, but about mind-independence; external reference classes can satisfy this better than organism-internal criteria.
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