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    It is not the case that A term that encompasses everything risks explaining nothing, undermining the analytic precision required for a philosophical category.

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    • 1.Universal categories like 'being' or 'existence' are foundationally useful precisely because they apply everywhere, grounding all subsidiary distinctions.
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    • 2.Explanatory power varies independently of scope: 'intentionality' applies broadly yet explains mental phenomena better than narrower alternatives.
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    • 3.The claim conflates semantic breadth with analytic vacuity; a term can be universally applicable while retaining internal structure and explanatory force.
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    • 1.Philosophical categories derive value from boundary-marking; terms encompassing everything lack boundaries and thus lack definitional content.
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    • 2.Empirical science progresses by narrowing scope (e.g., 'disease' became useful only when subdivided); overly broad philosophical terms similarly stagnate.
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    • 3.Logical contradiction: a category claiming to capture everything cannot exclude anything, making it impossible to test or falsify claims using it.
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