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It is not the case that A distinction between idealist systems that turns on positing causally inert, unknowable entities is philosophically vacuous rather than substantive.
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Metaphysical claims need not be empirically testable to be meaningful; mathematical truths and logical laws are causally inert yet substantive.
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Two idealist systems differing on unknowable entities may diverge on coherence, simplicity, or theoretical elegance—criteria distinct from causal impact.
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A distinction can be philosophically substantive by clarifying what exists versus what merely appears, even if causal effects remain identical.
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If two theories make identical predictions and are experientially indistinguishable, positing additional entities in one theory adds no explanatory power.
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Causally inert entities cannot affect observation or measurement, so claims about them are empirically untestable and thus cognitively meaningless.
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Philosophical distinctions should resolve substantive disagreements; distinctions that leave all practical consequences identical are merely verbal.
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