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    It is not the case that If at least one category of relation is non-contingently connecting by its formal nature, then positing relational tropes of that category constitutes a genuine theoretical response, not a mere posit.

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    • 1.Non-contingent formal properties might be metaphysically idle: they constrain possibility without conferring genuine ontological or explanatory status.
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    • 2.The distinction between 'genuine theoretical response' and 'mere posit' itself requires independent justification independent of formal necessity claims.
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    • 3.Many mathematically rigorous, formally necessary structures (e.g., infinitesimals) remain instrumentalist tools rather than real entities.
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    • 1.Non-contingent formal properties ground explanatory power; relations with such properties explain rather than merely redescribe phenomena.
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    • 2.Positing entities whose nature is determined by logical structure differs fundamentally from arbitrary stipulation or eliminable convenient fictions.
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    • 3.If a relation's connectivity follows necessarily from its formal definition, then instances of it are discoverable facts, not theoretical conveniences.
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