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    Challenges→Property dualism may be more widespread in philosophy than its lack of explicit endorsement suggests

    Interpreting Putnam's predicate/property distinction as dualism conflates semantic non-reducibility with ontological irreducibility.

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    • 1.Semantic non-reducibility (predicates resist definition via other terms) doesn't entail ontological claims about what exists independently.
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    • 2.Mental predicates are semantically irreducible yet potentially realized in physical substrate, showing reduction levels differ.
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    • 3.Conflating these distinction types illegitimately converts epistemological gaps into metaphysical commitments without additional argument.
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    • 1.If predicates carve nature at its joints, semantic irreducibility indicates genuinely distinct properties in the world's structure.
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    • 2.Putnam's externalism already challenges strict semantic/ontological separation—context determines reference, blurring these boundaries.
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    • 3.Systematically irreducible predicates require irreducible causal powers, making the semantic/ontological distinction practically hollow.
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