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    It is not the case that If no distinct possibilities exist, the hole argument establishes formal underdetermination within a representational framework rather than genuine ontic indeterminism detectable or otherwise.

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    • 1.The claim conflates epistemological limits (what we can represent) with metaphysical facts (what actually exists independently of representation).
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    • 2.Even if possibilities are representationally indistinct, they may remain genuinely distinct ontologically—the framework's limitations don't eliminate real differences.
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    • 3.Distinguishing 'formal underdetermination' from 'ontic indeterminism' requires independent criteria for what counts as 'genuine'—the distinction itself lacks clear justification.
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    • 1.The hole argument demonstrates that mathematical distinctness in model space need not entail physical distinctness, supporting formalism-reality distinction.
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    • 2.If possibilities are indistinguishable in principle, they represent a representation problem rather than evidence for ontic indeterminacy.
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    • 3.Formal underdetermination can obtain without metaphysical indeterminism if the framework itself creates spurious degrees of freedom.
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