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    It is not the case that A principle constrained by empirical facts and theoretical coherence cannot be a pure convention in Poincaré's sense, since genuine conventions are empirically unconstrained definitional choices.

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    • 1.Even empirically constrained principles may remain conventional in how they're formulated or adopted within a coherent theory.
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    • 2.Empirical facts and coherence requirements can co-exist with conventional choice if multiple frameworks satisfy both equally well.
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    • 3.Poincaré himself held that geometry remains conventional even when constrained by physical facts through stipulated equivalences.
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    • 1.Poincaré's conventions are definitional choices free from empirical constraint, establishing coordinate systems or measurement standards.
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    • 2.Principles constrained by empirical facts gain evidential status that conventions lack by definition.
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    • 3.Theoretical coherence requirements impose rational constraints incompatible with the freedom characteristic of pure conventions.
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