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    Challenges→Claims about sets are claims about objects of a different kind from ordinary physical objects

    If set claims are fundamentally modal rather than referential, the inference from 'infinitely many sets share one physical base' to 'sets are a distinct object-kind' conflates structural possibility with ontological category.

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    Key Terms

    Conflates(in argumentation and logic)
    Treats two different things as if they're the same thing, or mixes them up in a way that causes confusion.
    Object-kind(as used in metaphysics)
    A category or type of thing that exists. For example, 'chairs' and 'numbers' might be different object-kinds.
    Ontological
    "Ontological" refers to questions about what actually exists or is real. It's concerned with the fundamental nature of being—asking "What kinds of things are there?" rather than "How do we know about them?" For example, an ontological question might be whether numbers, ideas, or God actually exist as real things, or if they're just human inventions.
    Ontological category(as used in metaphysics)
    A fundamental type or kind of thing that exists; like how 'physical objects,' 'numbers,' or 'ideas' might be different categories of what exists.
    Structural possibility

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    (as used in metaphysics)
    Something that could logically fit together or be arranged in a certain way, even if it doesn't actually exist in the real world.
    inference(Nyāya epistemology)
    A component of epistemology in Nyāya philosophy; a veritable inference yields knowledge about the world and must have premises that are themselves known
    modal(in logic and metaphysics)
    Dealing with possibility and necessity—questions about what could be true, what must be true, and what's merely contingent (could go either way).
    referential(in philosophy of language)
    Relating to how words or names point to and stand for actual things in the world.
    set(von Neumann's class theory)
    A class that is a member (of some class).

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