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    It is not the case that If no language can coherently define absolute identity, then LL's presupposition fails, and the incompatibility dissolves rather than refuting RI.

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    • 1.We can operationally define 'same object' without absolute identity: spatio-temporal continuity suffices for practical coherence of RI.
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    • 2.Showing that language struggles with absolute identity doesn't prove LL's specific incompatibility claim is false—two issues.
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    • 3.Dissolution through linguistic deflationism risks making all metaphysical disputes merely verbal, undercutting LL's own coherence.
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    • 1.Language functions through relational and differential meaning, not absolute reference, so 'absolute identity' may be linguistically incoherent.
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    • 2.If LL's argument depends on defining identity absolutely, but language cannot do this, then LL's premises are unestablished rather than RI-refuting.
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    • 3.Dissolving incompatibility through semantic critique is philosophically legitimate; it avoids both horns by rejecting the framework.
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