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    Supports→The search for a unitary theory of natural kinds applicable across all scientific disciplines is futile

    If kind membership criteria shift across paradigms, no single metaphysical framework can simultaneously satisfy the classificatory norms of chemistry, biology, and psychology.

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    • 1.Chemistry defines kinds by atomic/molecular structure; biology by evolutionary history; psychology by functional role—these criteria fundamentally conflict.
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    • 2.A unified framework cannot privilege all three criteria simultaneously without logical contradiction when they yield different category boundaries.
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    • 3.Paradigm shifts reveal criteria were never mind-independent facts but tools serving each discipline's explanatory goals.
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    • 1.Multiple non-competing frameworks can co-exist; chemistry, biology, and psychology operate at different organizational levels with complementary ontologies.
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    • 2.Kind criteria shifting across paradigms demonstrates scientific refinement, not proof that one metaphysical framework is impossible—pluralism is coherent.
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    • 3.Frameworks need not satisfy all classificatory norms equally; meta-level criteria (predictive power, explanatory scope) can adjudicate between competing systems.
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