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    The claim that tokens 'share no common perceptible proper... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→Word types are legitimate theoretical objects whose primary function is to unify tokens that share no common perceptible property

    The claim that tokens 'share no common perceptible property' ignores that syntactic equivalence classes grounded in physical similarity relations perform the same unificatory work without Platonist commitments.

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    Platonism (Platonist commitments)(in metaphysics)
    A philosophical view that abstract, non-physical things (like numbers, concepts, or ideal forms) exist as real entities independent of the physical world.
    perceptible property(in metaphysics and epistemology)
    A characteristic or quality that you can detect through your senses (like color, shape, or texture).
    physical similarity relations(in metaphysics)
    Ways that things resemble each other based on their material features or how they're actually made.
    syntactic equivalence classes(in logic and philosophy of language)
    Groups of things that are organized together because they follow the same structural or grammatical rules, even if they look different.
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    Curry's term for the primitives of his formal systems, noted as misleading by the author
    unificatory work(in philosophy of science and metaphysics)
    The ability to explain or connect different things together under one unified concept or principle.

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