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    It is not the case that The disjunctivist analysis makes determinable instantiation parasitic on whichever determinate happens to be instantiated, inverting the ontological priority.

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    • 1.Determinables constrain which determinates are possible; this foundational role suggests priority, not parasitism.
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    • 2.Color-determinable is instantiated whenever any determinate is; mutual instantiation suggests parity, not parasitism.
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    • 3.Properties like 'shape' remain constant while determinates (square, circle) vary, suggesting determinables are more fundamental.
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    • 1.Determinates are causally efficacious (red causes effects); determinables like color are causally inert abstractions.
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    • 2.We instantiate determinates directly in reality; determinables exist only as conceptual groupings we impose afterward.
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    • 3.Ontological priority tracks what exists fundamentally. Since determinates exist independently, determinables depend on them.
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