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    It is not the case that Sort logic is an alternative way of looking at mathematics where definition rather than construction is the focus

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    • 1.Hilbert's formalist program demonstrates that mathematical definition is itself a constructive act, collapsing the definition/construction distinction.
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    • 2.Sort logic's typed quantification over new sorts presupposes a prior construction of those sort domains, making construction logically anterior to definition.
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    • 1.Benacerraf's identification problem shows that definitional equivalence across structures underdetermines mathematical ontology, undermining definition as a foundational focus.
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    • 2.If any class closed under isomorphism is definable in sort logic, then sort logic inherits the same structural abstraction that set-theoretic construction already provides, making the contrast with set theory superficial.
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    • 1.In sort logic, any class of structures closed under isomorphism is definable under certain constraints
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    • 2.Sort logic allows quantification over new sorts, enabling characterization of truth in structures
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    • 3.Unlike set theory, sort logic centers definition over construction
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