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    It is not the case that The holistic contextualist view makes questions about values of f(Q) in a P-measurement situation illegitimate.

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    • 1.Scientific realism requires that observable quantities have determinate values independent of which measurement procedure we happen to select.
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    • 2.If f(Q)'s value depends entirely on the P-measurement context, then functional composition rules like FUNC become conventionally stipulated rather than physically grounded.
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    • 3.A view that makes physical quantities context-dependent in this strong sense collapses into instrumentalism, which most quantum realists explicitly reject.
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    • 1.Bohmian mechanics assigns definite pre-measurement values to particle positions while remaining fully contextual about other observables, showing illegitimacy claims are too sweeping.
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    • 2.If questions about f(Q) in a P-measurement context are illegitimate, pilot-wave theories that reproduce all quantum predictions are ruled out by fiat rather than by argument.
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    • 1.On this view, f(Q)'s being well-defined is tied to a Q-measurement situation.
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    • 2.For some properties, it only makes sense to speak of them as pertaining to the system if that system is part of a certain system-apparatus whole.
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