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    If dependence holds only between particulars, the systema... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→The asymmetric dependence between property instances and substances is best expressed in terms of particular instances rather than properties and substances in general.

    If dependence holds only between particulars, the systematic recurrence of qualitative similarity across substances becomes an unexplained brute fact.

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    • 1.Particulars alone cannot explain why electrons in distant galaxies share identical charge and mass without some unifying principle.
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    • 2.If only particular-to-particular relations exist, qualitative regularities require infinite coincidences rather than explanatory grounding.
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    • 3.Scientific laws presuppose systematic patterns; treating these as brute facts abandons the explanatory project of physics and metaphysics.
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    • 1.Brute facts are unavoidable in any metaphysical system; universals merely relocate rather than eliminate the need for unexplained fundamentals.
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    • 2.Repeated qualitative similarity can be explained by causal laws relating particulars without positing abstract universals as entities.
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    • 3.The argument equivocates 'unexplained' with 'lacking a particular type of explanation'; multiple explanation strategies exist beyond universals.
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