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    It is not the case that If a formally grounded inference can reliably track physical reality prior to interpretation, formal analogy alone can support plausible inference.

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    • 1.Formal grounding itself requires interpretive acts—mapping symbols to referents always presupposes background conceptual frameworks.
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    • 2.Many formally isomorphic systems yield contradictory predictions about physical reality, suggesting analogy underdetermines empirical claims.
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    • 3.The appearance of formal structure tracking reality may reflect our cognitive tendency to impose pattern-matching rather than discovery.
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    • 1.Formal structures in logic mirror relational patterns in physical systems independent of human interpretation or labeling.
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    • 2.Mathematical isomorphisms between different domains have repeatedly enabled accurate prediction before empirical verification.
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    • 3.If formal analogy reliably tracks pre-interpretive reality, it constitutes a genuine epistemic constraint, not merely convenient scaffolding.
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