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    It is not the case that Quantum-mechanical indeterminacy provides physically grounded cases where a causally operative condition obtains yet the effect genuinely may not occur.

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    • 1.Quantum indeterminacy may reflect epistemic limitation rather than ontological indeterminacy in nature itself.
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    • 2.Hidden variable theories preserve determinism at fundamental levels, undercutting claims about genuine physical indeterminacy.
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    • 3.Probability amplitudes causing collapse still constitute deterministic causal processes; indeterminacy describes only outcome distribution.
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    • 1.Quantum mechanics empirically shows radioactive decay occurs without deterministic prior conditions necessitating the decay event.
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    • 2.Wave function collapse demonstrates genuine physical indeterminacy: identical initial conditions yield different outcomes.
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    • 3.If causation requires deterministic necessity, then indeterminate quantum processes reveal causation can operate without necessity.
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