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    It is not the case that Weyl abandoned the classical pure field theory of matter despite its appeal.

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    • 1.Weyl's turn toward quantum mechanics in the 1920s redeployed, rather than rejected, the gauge-theoretic structure he developed under the classical field program.
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    • 2.Lakatos's distinction between a protective belt and a hard core implies that revising auxiliary hypotheses does not constitute abandoning the core research program.
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    • 3.The classical pure field theory's 'appeal' was precisely what motivated Weyl to seek its successor, making his transition an evolution driven by that appeal rather than a repudiation of it.
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    • 1.Weyl's retention of the pure field program's mathematical framework in later work suggests methodological continuity, not abandonment.
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    • 2.A thinker can revise metaphysical commitments while preserving the research program, making 'abandonment' too strong a characterization.
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    • 1.Weyl adopted the classical pure field theory of matter in the first three editions of Space-Time-Matter because of its beauty and unity.
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    • 2.Weyl subsequently gave up that standpoint.
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