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    A foundational gap in the theory's domain of application ... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→Savage's work formally completed expected utility theory (EUT)

    A foundational gap in the theory's domain of application constitutes an incompleteness that formal elegance within that domain cannot resolve.

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    • 1.A theory's internal coherence is logically independent of whether it addresses all phenomena within its stated domain.
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    • 2.Foundational gaps—undefined core concepts or missing boundary conditions—create systematic blind spots that elegance cannot overcome.
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    • 3.Formal systems cannot retroactively justify what they were designed to exclude; domain incompleteness is a structural defect.
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    • 1.Elegance and completeness serve different functions; a theory can be incomplete yet maximally useful within its actual scope.
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    • 2.What appears as a foundational gap may simply reflect appropriate domain restriction rather than inherent incompleteness.
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    • 3.Mathematical history shows formal elegance often reveals solutions to gaps once thought irreducible or unfixable by design.
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