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    It is not the case that The existence of a world-bound counterpart lacking P may reflect modal variation in the counterpart relation itself, not genuine contingency in a's possession of P.

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    • 1.If counterpart relation variance explains all apparent contingency, it becomes ad hoc—unfalsifiable and explanatorily sterile.
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    • 2.The counterpart relation itself must be grounded in objective facts; arbitrary variation in R simply relocates the contingency problem.
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    • 3.Intuition: we judge 'a could lack P' true based on P's role in a's essence, not the metaphysics of cross-world identity criteria.
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    • 1.Counterpart theory allows relation R to vary across worlds without implying modal facts about originals themselves.
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    • 2.If counterpart identity depends on relation R, then variation in R explains apparent contingency without deep metaphysical necessity.
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    • 3.This preserves counterpart theory's reductionist goal: modal facts reduce to non-modal facts about world-bound objects.
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