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    It is not the case that Type recursions and the Price Equation impose different constraints on how temporally variable selection must be classified

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    • 1.The Price Equation is a mathematical identity that holds universally, so any constraint it imposes applies equally to type recursions by logical necessity.
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    • 2.If both formalisms describe the same biological phenomenon, apparent classificatory differences reflect notational choice, not genuine ontological divergence.
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    • 1.Okasha's work shows that type recursions and the Price Equation are inter-translatable representations, undermining claims of asymmetric constraint between them.
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    • 2.A difference in classificatory constraint requires that one formalism excludes cases the other permits, but no such exclusion has been demonstrated in the formal literature on temporally variable selection.
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    • 1.Type recursions require treating temporally variable selection as cases of selection
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    • 2.The Price Equation imposes no similar constraint on how temporally variable selection is classified
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