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    The Modest Continuity Thesis requires an explanatory grou... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→Broad's model meets the requirements of the Modest Continuity Thesis

    The Modest Continuity Thesis requires an explanatory grounding for gaplessness, not merely its structural description.

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    • 1.Describing gaplessness structurally alone leaves unexplained why that structure obtains rather than alternatives.
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    • 2.Continuity claims about reality require grounding in causal or metaphysical mechanisms, not mere formal patterns.
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    • 3.Without explanatory grounding, gaplessness becomes a brute fact, undermining the explanatory ambitions of the thesis.
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    • 1.Structural descriptions of gaplessness may constitute complete explanations if no further facts remain to explain.
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    • 2.Demanding explanatory grounding beyond structure risks infinite regress—explaining the grounding itself requires further grounding.
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    • 3.In mathematics and logic, structural properties often suffice as explanations without external causal or metaphysical grounds.
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