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    It is not the case that Carnap's inductive logic program revealed that infinitely many confirmation functions satisfy the classical symmetry constraints, with no non-circular grounds for preferring one partition over another.

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    • 1.Symmetry constraints may be too weak to capture what matters; meaningful priors can emerge from structure, not just formal equivalence.
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    • 2.The underdetermination Carnap identified doesn't prove circularity—pragmatic or empirical criteria could rationally select among functions.
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    • 3.Carnap's framework assumes language-independence is necessary; natural language structure or cognitive factors might legitimately break symmetry.
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    • 1.Symmetry constraints are the only non-arbitrary basis available for inductive logic, making their implications decisive for confirmation theory.
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    • 2.The plurality of confirmation functions satisfying symmetry constraints demonstrates that pure logic cannot determine unique inductive standards.
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    • 3.Carnap's result correctly shows that preference among partitions requires extra-logical assumptions, not derivable from formal principles alone.
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