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    It is not the case that If no privileged singleton function exists, universal quantification over all eligible candidates conflates structurally distinct but formally isomorphic objects, violating referential determinacy.

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    • 1.Universal quantification succeeds whenever all candidates satisfy the predicate equally; isomorphism suffices for this purpose.
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    • 2.Referential determinacy applies to singular reference, not quantified claims; 'for all eligible candidates' needs no unique selection.
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    • 3.Privileged singleton functions smuggle in substantive assumptions; abstract quantification should remain structure-independent.
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    • 1.Formal isomorphism without structural distinction leaves quantification ambiguous about which object satisfies the universal claim.
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    • 2.Referential determinacy requires that our terms pick out unique objects; conflation of distinct objects violates this requirement.
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    • 3.A privileged singleton function grounds reference by selecting one candidate, preventing the indeterminacy that isomorphism creates.
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