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    It is not the case that If sortal-relative identity conditions are semantically primitive and language-entry governed, the demand for a sortal-neutral proof of identity is itself philosophically unmotivated.

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    • 1.Even if sortal-relative identity is linguistically primitive, that doesn't preclude asking what makes sortal distinctions themselves semantically valid or justified.
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    • 2.Language-entry governance may explain concept acquisition without explaining what identity facts themselves are, leaving the metaphysical question open.
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    • 3.The demand for sortal-neutral identity criteria may reflect legitimate metaphysical inquiry, not philosophical confusion about what semantics can answer.
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    • 1.Language-entry governance shows identity conditions depend on how sortal concepts structure our linguistic practices, not pre-linguistic metaphysical facts.
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    • 2.A sortal-neutral identity proof would require identity to be determinable independent of conceptual schemes, but identity is inherently conceptually mediated.
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    • 3.If identity conditions are primitive at the sortal level, seeking reduction to sortal-neutral grounds commits a category mistake about explanatory structure.
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