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    If 'N' and 'M' could in principle be reclassified as logi... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→The argument with premises K and conclusion X is logically correct according to Tarski's condition (F)

    If 'N' and 'M' could in principle be reclassified as logical constants under an alternative demarcation, the argument's validity would become analytic rather than formal.

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    • 1.Logical constants are defined by their role in inference rules, not by metaphysical essence, so reclassification is genuinely possible.
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    • 2.Analytic validity depends on meaning-relations alone; if N and M become meaning-constitutive under alternative demarcation, validity becomes analytic.
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    • 3.Formal validity's contingency on demarcation choices shows it lacks the necessity characterizing analytic truth, supporting this distinction.
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    • 1.Reclassifying N and M as logical constants changes what we're evaluating, not whether the original argument's validity was formal or analytic.
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    • 2.Analyticity requires necessity independent of demarcation; truth remaining stable across classification systems suggests formal, not analytic status.
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    • 3.The claim conflates epistemic accessibility with metaphysical status—a distinction between how we know validity and what validity fundamentally is.
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