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    It is not the case that Causal contextuality does not imply that the ontological status of the physical properties involved must change to relational

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    • 1.Relational properties in physics (e.g., spin in QM) are defined only relative to measurement contexts, not as intrinsic post-interaction residues.
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    • 2.If a property's determinate value requires specifying a relational context, then by standard metaphysical criteria it is a relational, not intrinsic, property.
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    • 3.The Kochen-Specker theorem entails that no assignment of definite values to observables is context-independent, making all such values irreducibly relational.
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    • 1.Tarski-style semantic externalism and Rovelli's relational quantum mechanics both ground property-attribution in observer-system relations, not in object-internal states.
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    • 2.If causal contextuality systematically prevents any context-free specification of a property's value, the property cannot be coherently classified as self-standing or intrinsic.
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    • If a property in an object is brought about via interaction with another object, it can still be a property the object has for itself after the interaction
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