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    It is not the case that Quine's critique of analyticity undermines the sharp distinction between logical truth and empirical content that Bolzano's variation method relies upon.

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    • 1.Bolzano's method focuses on conceptual variation within formal structures, not on the empirical revisability Quine emphasizes.
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    • 2.One can reject Quine's holism while accepting that some truths remain invariant under reasonable conceptual substitutions—as Bolzano requires.
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    • 3.Even if analyticity admits borderline cases, Bolzano's variation method identifies a core distinction sufficient for logical analysis.
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    • 1.Quine showed that all beliefs form an interconnected web where revising any belief affects the system's total coherence.
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    • 2.Bolzano's variation method assumes certain truths remain fixed while others vary, but Quine's holism denies privileged invariant truths.
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    • 3.If no sharp analytic/empirical boundary exists as Quine argues, Bolzano cannot isolate logical structure from empirical content via variation.
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