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    It is not the case that Systemic explanations of biological wholes are multiply realizable, so no single token component has a privileged 'role' against which deviation counts as malfunction.

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    • 1.An individual organism's kidney can malfunction while kidneys in general remain multiply realizable—the token instance still has a privileged evolutionary history.
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    • 2.Multiple realizability at the type-level doesn't entail every token implementation is equally functional; this token liver can still fail at its actual role.
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    • 3.Biological systems have actual historical origins in natural selection that establish what counts as proper function for that token component regardless of alternatives.
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    • 1.Hearts, kidneys, and lungs perform their functions through different physical mechanisms in different species, yet all count as healthy.
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    • 2.If malfunction required deviation from a privileged role, we'd need to specify which physical implementation counts as canonical—but none is metaphysically distinguished.
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    • 3.Systems maintain their identity through functional organization, not material composition, so multiple token realizations can equally constitute proper function.
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