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    A framework that reabsorbs its own critique by redefiniti... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→Bounded rationality can be understood as optimization under constraints

    A framework that reabsorbs its own critique by redefinition cannot count as a genuine theoretical alternative to classical rationality.

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    • 1.Genuine alternatives require independent standards of evaluation, not self-protective definitional shifts that immunize against falsification.
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    • 2.When a framework redefines itself to absorb criticism, it abandons substantive claims about reality and becomes merely a linguistic game.
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    • 3.Classical rationality's strength lies in maintaining consistent standards; competing frameworks gain credibility only by doing likewise.
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    • 1.All theoretical frameworks evolve through conceptual refinement; distinguishing 'genuine critique' from 'definitional clarification' is itself contestable.
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    • 2.Classical rationality itself has repeatedly redefined core concepts (truth, evidence, logic) to address internal problems—the criterion unfairly exempts it.
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    • 3.A framework that flexibly incorporates challenges may show greater robustness than rigid alternatives; adaptive self-modification needn't indicate intellectual failure.
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