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    It is not the case that A formal system admitting more models—not fewer—is standardly considered more general, and the realist interpretation's universal magnitudes exclude nominalist models the empiricist accepts.

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    • 1.Generality may concern expressive strength, not model count; a system with fewer but richer models can be more general.
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    • 2.Nominalist and realist interpretations may both be consistent with the same formal system—differing only in philosophical gloss.
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    • 3.Excluding nominalist models doesn't reduce realism's generality if nominalism misrepresents what the formal system actually requires.
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    • 1.A formal system's generality is standardly measured by its model-theoretic expressive power: more models = greater logical scope.
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    • 2.Realism's commitment to abstract universals necessarily excludes nominalist interpretations that reject such entities entirely.
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    • 3.Empiricism accepts only concrete particulars; realism's universal magnitudes contradict this constraint, narrowing acceptable models.
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