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    It is not the case that If motion is fully characterizable through relational facts about matter, then the guiding field is explanatorily redundant, not constitutively required.

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    • 1.Relational characterization presupposes a background geometry or spacetime structure—itself a non-relational guiding framework.
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    • 2.Some motion patterns (e.g., quantum tunneling, pilot-wave phenomena) may require field structure constitutively, not just explanatorily.
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    • 3.Distinguishing 'explanatory redundancy' from 'constitutive requirement' assumes a false dichotomy; fields can be both.
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    • 1.Relational facts about matter (positions, velocities, interactions) are empirically sufficient to predict and explain all observable motion.
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    • 2.Postulating entities (guiding fields) beyond what relational facts require violates Occam's Razor without explanatory gain.
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    • 3.If a guiding field merely transmits constraints already expressible in relational terms, it adds no constitutive necessity.
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