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    It is not the case that Putnam's model-theoretic argument shows that formal hierarchies underdetermine their intended interpretation, so complexity distinctions may reflect metatheoretic choices, not intrinsic ontological stratification.

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    • 1.Underdetermination of interpretation doesn't entail underdetermination of structural properties that complexity distinctions track.
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    • 2.Complexity classes reflect algorithmic facts about resource consumption that hold independently of model selection.
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    • 3.Metatheoretic choices affect *which* distinctions we formalize, not whether complexity hierarchies exist prior to formalization.
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    • 1.Putnam's argument demonstrates that multiple models satisfy the same formal constraints, proving underdetermination is mathematically rigorous.
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    • 2.Complexity rankings (P vs NP, Turing degrees) correlate with proof-theoretic choices rather than discovered natural boundaries.
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    • 3.If interpretation were intrinsic to formal systems, reinterpretation functions couldn't preserve all structural relationships.
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