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    It is not the case that The policy motivation for predictivism does not preclude simultaneous epistemological commitments — motives and logical entailments are distinct.

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    • 1.Predictivism as an epistemology (what counts as knowledge) inherently commits one to empirical adequacy as primary epistemic standard.
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    • 2.If policy motivates adopting predictivism, yet one holds contrary epistemological views, cognitive dissonance or incoherence results practically.
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    • 3.The claim conflates pragmatic reasons (why adopt X) with logical content (what X entails), obscuring their actual entanglement in belief systems.
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    • 1.Motivations for adopting a framework are psychologically/sociologically distinct from the logical consequences that framework entails.
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    • 2.One can adopt predictivism for pragmatic policy reasons while maintaining realist or other epistemological commitments independently.
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    • 3.Many successful scientific theories were adopted for practical utility yet revealed deeper truths—motivation ≠ truth conditions.
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