If the combinatorial glue binding universals and particulars is itself a further entity, Bradley's regress re-emerges within Armstrong's own framework, undermining the theory's explanatory closure.

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Armstrong: # Armstrong Armstrong most commonly refers to **Neil Armstrong** (1930-2012), an American astronaut and aeronautical engineer who became the first human to walk on the Moon on July 20, 1969. He is remembered as a pioneering explorer whose famous words—"That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind"—marked humanity's first footsteps on another celestial body. Armstrong's achievement remains one of the most significant moments in human history and symbolizes the height of space exploration and scientific achievement.
Bradley's regress(General problem in ontology; Lowe's formal-relation strategy is intended to block it): An infinite regress that arises when a relation between constituents of a state of affairs is itself treated as a further constituent requiring yet another relation to bind it, and so on without end
Combinatorial glue(metaphysics): A metaphorical term for whatever mysterious force or mechanism holds together general properties (universals) with specific individual things (particulars).
Explanatory closure(philosophy of science/epistemology)

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