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Accepting that there is no Archimedean vantage point for choosing among conflicting frameworks dissolves the apparent contradiction between the Carnapian and mereological answers.

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1.Both the Carnapian and mereological answers are correct relative to their respective conceptual schemes.
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2.There is no neutral, framework-independent standpoint from which to adjudicate between conflicting conceptual schemes.
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3.If both answers are correct only relative to their own frameworks, then they do not assert the same proposition and thus do not genuinely contradict each other.
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1.Carnap's own internal/external question distinction presupposes that frameworks have determinate identity conditions that make them genuinely distinct.
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2.If frameworks are sufficiently distinct to yield non-contradictory answers, they must share enough structure to be compared, reinstating a partial Archimedean standpoint.
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3.Quine's critique of the analytic-synthetic distinction undermines the clean framework boundaries on which the dissolution of contradiction depends.
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