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    It is not the case that Reichenbach's own Common Cause Principle requires that the common cause genuinely explain the correlation, but a formally constructed D = U_t'(C) may be a gerrymandered set with no causal-explanatory unity.

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    • 1.Any set satisfying the formal criteria of Reichenbach's principle has thereby demonstrated sufficient unity to qualify as a legitimate common cause.
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    • 2.The distinction between 'gerrymandered' and 'genuinely unified' causes cannot be made formally precise without importing extra-logical metaphysical assumptions.
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    • 3.Explanatory power derives from conditional independence relations; causal unity is a pragmatic concern orthogonal to explaining actual correlations.
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    • 1.Formal set construction D = U_t'(C) is purely mathematical, tracking statistical dependencies without regard for causal mechanisms or physical unity.
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    • 2.Genuine explanation requires the cause to manifest a unified causal process, not merely satisfy statistical conditional independence constraints.
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    • 3.Gerrymandered sets can satisfy probabilistic criteria while lacking the conceptual coherence needed for causal-explanatory power.
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