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    It is not the case that The claim conflates knowledge of intrinsic categorical properties with knowledge of structural, relational features, treating the inaccessibility of the former as grounds for global theoretical agnosticism.

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    • 1.Structural knowledge suffices for science and practical understanding; inaccessibility of intrinsic properties doesn't undermine either.
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    • 2.The claim confuses 'we cannot know intrinsic properties directly' with 'knowledge of them is impossible'—inference permits justified belief.
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    • 3.Global agnosticism is self-undermining: the distinction between structural and intrinsic properties itself requires justified theoretical commitment.
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    • 1.We can only access structural relations between entities, never their intrinsic natures independent of all relations.
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    • 2.If knowledge requires direct cognitive access to properties, and intrinsic properties are forever inaccessible, skepticism follows logically.
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    • 3.Treating unverifiable intrinsic claims as knowable conflates metaphysical possibility with epistemic justification.
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