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    Supports→The existence of matter cannot be inferred from the prima facie existence of sensa

    A hypothetical entity posited purely as an explanatory cause inherits no determinate properties from the phenomena it purports to explain, leaving its existence underdetermined by any finite set of sensa.

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    Determinate properties(as used in metaphysics and philosophy of language)
    Specific, definite characteristics or qualities that something has—like having a precise age or exact location, rather than vague or unclear ones.
    explanatory cause(as used in philosophy of science and metaphysics)
    Something we say is responsible for making something else happen, used to explain why events occur the way they do.
    hypothetical entity(as used in metaphysics and philosophy of science)
    Something we imagine or propose might exist in order to help explain things, even though we haven't directly observed it.
    phenomena(Distinguished from data in the context of scientific explanation)
    The targets of scientific learning, inferred from data rather than identical to data itself
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    (philosophy of logic)
    Suggested or assumed to exist as a way to solve a problem, without proof that it actually does exist.
    purports to explain(as used in philosophy of science)
    Claims or seems to be the reason for; proposes to account for.
    sensa(NE §373)
    Percepta given by means of the sense organs of the body, as distinguished from mental states or spiritual data given by introspection
    underdetermined(Used to contrast mathematical conjectures, whose correct answers are fixed by logical facts, with cases where no such determination exists.)
    A decision or truth is underdetermined when logical facts alone do not fix a single correct answer.

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