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    It is not the case that An approximate equivalence cannot ground a strict biconditional claim without additional stipulation of idealization conditions Newton leaves tacit.

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    • 1.Strict biconditionals in physics are conventional stipulations, not logical demands; approximations can be biconditionals by definition.
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    • 2.Newton's tacit idealizations are standard practice in science, not hidden flaws requiring explicit reformulation to ground claims.
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    • 3.The claim itself assumes idealization conditions must be fully explicit—but this is a methodological choice, not a logical necessity.
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    • 1.Strict biconditionals require mutual entailment under all conditions; approximations hold only within bounded domains.
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    • 2.Newton's laws work only under tacit idealizations (frictionless surfaces, point masses, inertial frames) he never fully explicit.
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    • 3.Without specifying idealization conditions, claims about equivalence conflate empirical adequacy with logical necessity.
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