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    It is not the case that Using thermodynamic properties to identify something as water does not mean water is water in virtue of those properties

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    • 1.Thermodynamic properties like boiling point and freezing point are directly derived from H2O's molecular structure and bonding.
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    • 2.If a property is necessitated by a substance's essential microstructure, that property partially constitutes what it is to be that substance.
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    • 3.Therefore, thermodynamic properties are not merely epistemic markers but are metaphysically grounded in the very nature of water.
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    • 1.Quine and Putnam's causal-descriptive theories suggest that reference is fixed partly through a cluster of properties, not a single hidden essence.
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    • 2.If thermodynamic properties are systematically and lawfully connected to water across all possible worlds, the distinction between epistemic and ontological criteria collapses for natural kind terms.
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    • 3.P3's observation that not all water bodies exhibit thermodynamic properties equally applies to H2O composition, undermining the privileging of microstructure as uniquely ontological.
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    • 1.Epistemic criteria for identifying a substance are distinct from the ontological grounds that make something that substance
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    • 2.We may use thermodynamic properties in identifying something as water
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    • 3.Not all bodies of water possess thermodynamic properties
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