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    It is not the case that If no single set of features is logically critical across all instances of a concept, then identifying 'critical features' in the source domain presupposes an essentialism that many domains structurally lack.

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    • 1.The claim conflates 'no universal critical features' with 'no critical features exist in specific contexts,' which are logically distinct.
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    • 2.Many successful inferences across domains work precisely because source domains encode context-relative functional essences, not metaphysical ones.
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    • 3.If a domain structurally lacks essences, we can still identify domain-specific critical features without presupposing traditional essentialism.
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    • 1.Natural kinds like biological species exhibit variable membership criteria without any features present in all members, supporting anti-essentialism.
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    • 2.Analogical reasoning that presupposes essentialism commits a category error when applied to family-resemblance concepts.
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    • 3.Identifying 'critical features' requires assuming they're necessary and sufficient—a metaphysical commitment absent in many domains.
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