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    Conceptual plurality without principled unification produ... — Carmelics
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    Conceptual plurality without principled unification produces pseudo-explanations that merely redescribe the explanandum under different labels.

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    • 1.Multiple theoretical frameworks applied to one phenomenon without unifying principles risk circular explanation where different terms mask identical underlying mechanisms.
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    • 2.True explanation requires identifying causal structure; mere relabeling leaves causal mechanisms unidentified and generates illusion of understanding.
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    • 3.Scientific progress historically depends on reducing conceptual pluralism to unified theories that subsume previous frameworks under deeper principles.
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    • 1.Conceptual pluralism can capture genuine complexity irreducible to single framework without requiring false unification that distorts domain-specific insights.
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    • 2.Principled unification sometimes comes post-hoc; productive pluralism in early inquiry generates rich redescriptions that eventually enable better unification.
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    • 3.Many phenomena legitimately require multiple irreducible descriptive levels; demanding unified reduction conflates explanatory adequacy with illegitimate reductionism.
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