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    If past convergent detection repeatedly failed to track r... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→Realism regarding the putative target of detection is well-supported when distinct modes of detection reveal the same thing.

    If past convergent detection repeatedly failed to track real entities, the inference from convergence to realism is inductively undermined.

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    • 1.Historical cases exist where converging methods confidently tracked entities later shown to be artifacts or errors (phlogiston, caloric fluid).
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    • 2.Inductive reasoning requires that past success predicts future success; repeated past failures break this epistemic link.
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    • 3.If convergence can mask systematic error across independent methods, convergence alone provides insufficient justification for realism.
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    • 1.Past convergent detection failures were eventually *detected* through better methods—showing self-correction, not inductive collapse.
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    • 2.The claim conflates instrumental reliability with metaphysical realism; convergence justifies practical trust without requiring ontological commitment.
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    • 3.One historical failure doesn't establish a pattern undermining induction; base rates of convergent detection's actual success rate matter most.
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