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It is not the case that Laws of nature must be objective features of reality, not artifacts of which linguistic framework we happen to prefer.
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Laws only become determinate through formalization; different formalizations yield different 'laws' from identical phenomena.
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Successful prediction requires framework-fit, not metaphysical objectivity. Ptolemaic astronomy predicted eclipses effectively.
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Physics describes compressible patterns in data, not reality's intrinsic furniture. The map-territory distinction matters.
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Physical predictions succeed identically across all linguistic frameworks, suggesting they track mind-independent regularities.
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If laws were framework-artifacts, we could engineer reality by switching languages. We cannot, so laws transcend language.
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Pre-human physics operated identically to post-human physics, indicating laws exist independent of human conceptual schemes.
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