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    It is not the case that The irreducibility argument illicitly conflates a practical epistemic limitation with a principled semantic thesis, making the conclusion about demonstrative irreducibility unwarranted.

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    • 1.Some epistemic limitations are principled, not merely practical—reflecting fundamental constraints on reducibility itself.
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    • 2.Demonstratives may genuinely resist reduction because their content depends on context-dependent reference in ways semantics alone cannot capture.
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    • 3.The distinction between epistemic and semantic is itself contested; justified limits on reduction warrant realism about irreducibility.
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    • 1.Practical limitations on our ability to reduce X don't establish that X is theoretically irreducible in principle.
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    • 2.The argument conflates 'we cannot currently demonstrate reduction' with 'reduction is impossible', a logical non-sequitur.
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    • 3.Historical cases show that epistemic barriers (e.g., biological complexity) were overcome; present inability doesn't warrant semantic conclusions.
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