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    It is not the case that If abstract Mīmāṃsā entities like word-universals are eliminable from a complete semantic explanation, Occam's razor demands their rejection as genuine existents.

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    • 1.Eliminability from one explanation doesn't entail non-existence; mathematical objects are irreplaceable in physics despite ontological debates.
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    • 2.Mīmāṃsā word-universals explain linguistic systematicity and unity across infinite utterances better than empiricist alternatives can.
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    • 3.Occam's razor applies to theoretical frameworks, not individual entities; rejecting universals may require *more* complex explanatory machinery elsewhere.
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    • 1.Semantic facts about word-meaning can be explained via speaker intentions, conventions, and use-patterns without positing abstract universals.
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    • 2.Occam's razor correctly eliminates theoretical posits when empirically equivalent, simpler theories achieve equal explanatory power.
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    • 3.Word-universals create philosophical puzzles (causation, location, identity) absent from nominalist alternatives, suggesting they're metaphysically unnecessary.
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