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    A metaphysical hierarchy of 'degrees of reality' requires... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→Self-identification with the mind-body-sense complex is not fully real.

    A metaphysical hierarchy of 'degrees of reality' requires independent justification beyond mere phenomenological report of mistaken identification.

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    • 1.Phenomenology describes appearances; metaphysics explains what grounds those appearances. These are distinct inquiries requiring separate evidence.
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    • 2.Illusions demonstrate that subjective experience alone cannot establish ontological status without additional criteria of reality.
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    • 3.A hierarchy of reality makes empirical predictions about causal powers and observability that phenomenology alone cannot justify.
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    • 1.Phenomenological patterns of mistaken identification *are* evidence for metaphysical structure—they reveal what features our conceptual scheme privileges.
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    • 2.Demanding justification 'beyond phenomenology' assumes a false dichotomy; all metaphysical justification ultimately traces to experiential data and coherence.
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    • 3.Degrees of reality lack shared operational meaning across philosophers; the claim smuggles in controversial assumptions under guise of logical rigor.
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