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    It is not the case that Systematizing a practice that lacks a proper subject matter and truth-directed telos produces sophisticated flattery, not genuine craft.

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    • 1.Many legitimate practices lack determinate subject matter yet maintain rigorous standards: philosophy, literary criticism, and design succeed through internal coherence.
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    • 2.The distinction between 'proper subject matter' and 'lacking subject matter' is vague; systematizing any human activity can produce genuine expertise and reliable skill.
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    • 3.Flattery and craft aren't binary outcomes of systematization; the rigor of method, not metaphysical grounding, determines whether a practice generates real knowledge.
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    • 1.Crafts require objective standards of success tied to real-world outcomes; practices without these become exercises in pleasing audiences rather than solving problems.
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    • 2.Systematization without truth-directed aims creates elaborate procedures that obscure rather than clarify, producing impressive-sounding but empty methodologies.
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    • 3.Historical crafts (carpentry, medicine, rhetoric when truth-directed) succeed because they answer to external reality, not audience preference alone.
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