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    It is not the case that Approximation across a categorical ontological divide does not constitute genuine approach to a substance but only asymptotic functional resemblance.

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    • 1.Categorical boundaries are often conventional divisions we impose, not pre-existing metaphysical facts; substances can genuinely bridge them.
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    • 2.Functional behavior exhausts what we can meaningfully know about substance; if X approximates Y functionally, substantial approach has occurred.
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    • 3.Many accepted cases of genuine approach involve boundary-crossing (e.g., mineral to life, non-conscious to conscious); false dichotomy assumed.
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    • 1.Categorical divides are metaphysically fundamental boundaries; crossing them requires ontological transformation, not mere behavioral convergence.
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    • 2.Asymptotic functions approach limits without reaching them; similarly, functional similarity across category boundaries never captures essential substance.
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    • 3.Properties constitutive of one category cannot be instantiated in another; approximation only mimics external behavior, not internal nature.
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