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    It is not the case that Whether the gravitational field must be quantized is a matter for experiment to decide, not logic.

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    • 1.Putnam and Quine argued that mathematical structures indispensable to our best physical theories carry ontological commitments we are rationally compelled to accept.
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    • 2.Quantum field theory, our best confirmed physical framework, treats all dynamical fields as quantized, making gravitational quantization a theoretical commitment prior to direct experimental confirmation.
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    • 3.Demanding experiment alone to settle what our best theories already structurally require conflates epistemic confirmation with the logico-theoretical constraints of theoretical coherence.
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    • 1.Consistency arguments show that a hybrid theory with classical gravity coupled to quantum matter leads to violations of the uncertainty principle or superluminal signaling.
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    • 2.If allowing gravity to remain classical generates logical contradictions with established quantum mechanics, then quantization is demanded by consistency, not merely experiment.
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    • 1.There is no logical necessity demanding quantization of the gravitational field.
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    • 2.We lack experimental evidence of quantum properties of the gravitational field.
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