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    It is not the case that A foundational truth requires permanence and identity over time, which the bare act of thinking cannot itself supply.

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    • 1.The claim conflates the permanence of propositions with permanence of the thinking act; logical truths need not depend on the latter.
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    • 2.Process philosophy shows that identity can be constituted through continuity of pattern and relation, not requiring static persistence.
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    • 3.Mathematical and logical truths appear foundational precisely because they are invariant across all thinking acts, not grounded in any single one.
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    • 1.Foundational truths must be stable reference points; a fleeting thought cannot ground knowledge of unchanging logical laws.
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    • 2.The act of thinking itself presupposes a continuous thinker; without identity over time, there is no unified subject to think at all.
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    • 3.If foundational truths varied with each momentary thought, we could not account for our ability to recognize logical consistency.
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