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    It is not the case that Members of the first machine class are reasonable models of computation for formulating the Cobham-Edmonds Thesis.

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    • 1.The Cobham-Edmonds Thesis equates feasibility with polynomial time, but parallel computation models like NC circuits challenge this identification.
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    • 2.Problems solvable efficiently in parallel but not sequentially in polynomial time suggest that sequential machine classes misrepresent tractability.
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    • 3.A thesis grounding feasibility must remain invariant across plausible physical computation paradigms, not merely historically familiar sequential ones.
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    Reason for 2 of 2
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    • 1.Empirical adequacy of a model class in past cases does not establish its principled correctness as a criterion for feasibility, per Goodman's new riddle of induction.
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    • 2.The 'reasonableness' cited in Argument 1 is theory-laden, presupposing the very thesis it purports to support.
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    • Experience has borne out that members of the first machine class are reasonable models of computation.
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