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    A one-off phenomenon is still nomically constrained: the ... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→Deductive-nomological metaphysical explanation cannot account for rare or one-off phenomena grounded in mechanisms.

    A one-off phenomenon is still nomically constrained: the mechanism's components obey laws whose singular instantiation is deductively sufficient for the explanandum.

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    • 1.Laws of nature describe how physical components interact; these laws apply universally regardless of frequency of instantiation.
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    • 2.A singular causal sequence can be fully determined by initial conditions plus governing laws, making one-off events scientifically explicable.
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    • 3.Distinguishing between repeatable and one-off phenomena privileges frequency over causal mechanism, conflating explanation with empirical confirmation.
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    • 1.Nomic constraints require law-instantiation patterns; singular events may involve novel boundary conditions that laws alone cannot fully explain.
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    • 2.Deductive sufficiency requires complete information about all relevant conditions, which is rarely available for unrepeatable phenomena.
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    • 3.This view risks conflating deterministic causation with nomological explanation, treating happenstance initial conditions as law-governed necessities.
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