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    A problem that must be reintroduced at a higher explanato... — Carmelics
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    Supports→The Quine-Devitt scientific explanation strategy does not resolve the One Over Many problem for nominalists, but merely relocates it.

    A problem that must be reintroduced at a higher explanatory level to preserve theoretical adequacy has not been solved but merely displaced upward in the regress.

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    • 1.Genuine problem-solving requires addressing root causes, not restating them in new vocabulary at different levels of abstraction.
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    • 2.If a problem resurfaces at every explanatory level, infinite regress becomes inevitable without true resolution at some foundational level.
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    • 3.Moving an unsolved problem upward obscures rather than eliminates it, allowing false confidence in theoretical progress.
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    • 1.Higher-level explanations can genuinely solve problems by showing they depend on features absent at lower levels, making displacement progressive.
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    • 2.Many scientific successes involve reframing problems at new levels (e.g., biological reduction to chemistry) without requiring absolute foundational solutions.
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    • 3.Requiring complete foundational resolution before accepting any explanation sets an impossible standard no empirical theory could meet.
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