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    It is not the case that If A and B are incommensurable rather than indifferent, the inference in P2 is a category error that smuggles in transitivity violations artificially.

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    • 1.Incommensurability need not prevent rational preference ordering; we compare apples and oranges practically without metric reduction.
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    • 2.P2's inference may avoid category error by operating at a higher abstraction level, not claiming metric equivalence.
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    • 3.Calling something a category error requires showing the logical operation is *undefined*, not merely difficult or unusual.
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    • 1.Incommensurable values operate under different measurement criteria, making direct comparison logically incoherent.
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    • 2.Treating incommensurables as transitively comparable presupposes a common metric that doesn't exist between them.
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    • 3.Category errors occur precisely when logical operations assume conditions that violate the nature of the entities involved.
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