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    Challenges→A violation of Outcome Independence (OI) implies relational holism

    Particularism's failure entails only that correlations are not determined by separate intrinsic states, which is equally consistent with property holism rather than relational holism.

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    • 1.If intrinsic states alone don't determine correlations, non-intrinsic determination is necessary; property holism satisfies this without requiring relational facts.
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    • 2.Property holism explains determination through whole-part constitution relations, which are metaphysically simpler than irreducible relational structures.
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    • 3.Particularism's failure only rules out intrinsic monism, leaving multiple viable alternatives including property holism as a live option.
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    • 1.Property holism still requires explaining how wholes determine parts; this seems equally dependent on relational structure as relational holism.
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    • 2.The claim equivocates: correlations between entities necessarily involve relations; denying relational facts while affirming correlations is incoherent.
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    • 3.Property holism faces its own determination problem: what determines which properties compose the whole if not facts about how parts relate to each other?
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    Key Terms

    Correlations (in philosophy)(as used in metaphysics and logic)
    Consistent connections or relationships between different things—when one thing changes or appears, another tends to change or appear as well.
    Intrinsic properties/intrinsic states(as used in metaphysics)
    Qualities that something has completely on its own, independent of anything else—like the color or shape of an object.
    Particularism(See section 4.3 of source)
    The principle that the properties of a composite system are wholly determined by the intrinsic properties of its parts; implies Outcome Independence according to Teller (1989)
    Relational holism(Teller (1989); consequence of violating particularism)
    The view that composite systems can have relational properties not reducible to the intrinsic properties of their parts
    property holism(Philosophy of quantum mechanics)
    The condition under which the properties of a composite system do not supervene upon the properties of its subsystems and the spatiotemporal relations between them.

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