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    Challenges→VSP yields hyperintensional distinctions among conditionals with impossible antecedents

    Variable-sharing is a syntactic criterion that fails to track genuine relevance, as logically equivalent formulations of the same proposition may share or lack variables arbitrarily.

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    Genuine relevance(as used in logic and epistemology)
    A real, meaningful connection between two statements or ideas—when one statement actually has something to do with the other in a substantive way.
    Syntactic criterion(as used in philosophy of science and logic)
    A rule for judging things based purely on their structure or form (the 'syntax'), without considering what they actually mean. Think of it like judging whether two sentences are similar just by counting matching words, ignoring whether they're really about the same topic.
    Variable-sharing(as used in logic and philosophy of language)
    A rule that tries to decide if two logical statements are meaningfully connected by checking whether they use the same letters or symbols (called variables). For example, checking if statements about 'A' and 'B' both mention 'A' to see if they're related.
    arbitrary(Debate over Locke's watch passage and natural kind classification)

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    Does not mean 'random' or that all qualities are equally adequate as differentia; refers instead to the availability of multiple similarly good and natural grounds for classification.
    logically equivalent(used to describe when different phrasings express the identical logical claim)
    Two statements are logically equivalent when they mean exactly the same thing and must always have the same truth value (both true or both false).
    proposition(Used in the context of a semantic theory sensitive to differences in subject matter.)
    The content expressed by a sentence, individuated at least in part by the subject matter of the sentence and the contents of its subsentential expressions.

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