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    Supports→Poincaré and later Duhem demonstrated that appeals to theoretical elegance and mathematical coherence constitute legitimate, non-arbitrary epistemic criteria in physical theory choice.

    Pure empiricism cannot justify theory choice without additional criteria; elegance provides principled, reproducible grounds superior to arbitrary preference.

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