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    It is not the case that Hence 'relatively simple mappings' between solutions misidentifies what would constitute a genuine inter-theoretic reduction of functionally defined higher-level theories.

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    • 1.Successful reductions in physics (thermodynamics to statistical mechanics) rely precisely on finding systematic mappings between solution spaces.
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    • 2.If mappings preserve causal structure and predictive content, they constitute genuine reduction regardless of functional vocabulary differences.
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    • 3.The claim conflates epistemological concerns about explanation with metaphysical facts about one theory's domain instantiating another's.
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    • 1.Functional definitions specify roles and causal relations that simple structural mappings between theories cannot capture or preserve.
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    • 2.Inter-theoretic reduction requires explaining why higher-level laws hold, not merely correlating solutions across mathematical frameworks.
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    • 3.Multiple realizability in functional systems means identical higher-level states map to diverse lower-level configurations, defeating simple mappings.
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