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    It is not the case that Property dualism may be more widespread in philosophy than its lack of explicit endorsement suggests

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    • 1.Putnam's multiple realizability argument targets type identity theory, not substance monism, leaving his ontology compatible with token physicalism.
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    • 2.Token physicalism holds that every particular mental event is identical to a physical event, which is a monist rather than dualist position.
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    • 3.Interpreting Putnam's predicate/property distinction as dualism conflates semantic non-reducibility with ontological irreducibility.
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    • 1.Armstrong explicitly subordinates second-class properties to first-class sparse properties in a unified naturalist ontology governed by laws of nature.
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    • 2.A hierarchy within a single ontological category—physical properties—does not constitute dualism, which requires two fundamentally distinct kinds of property.
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    • 3.Attributing implicit dualism to thinkers who explicitly deny it prioritizes interpretive charity over their stated commitments, distorting the dialectic.
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    • 1.Putnam's distinction between predicates and physical properties can be interpreted as a form of property dualism
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    • 2.Armstrong's recognition of second-class properties can be interpreted as a form of property dualism
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