Allison's move conflates the linguistic incoherence of perspective-free descriptions with the metaphysical incoherence of perspective-independent existence, committing a use-mention fallacy.
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perspective-free descriptions(what can't be expressed in language)
Descriptions or statements that claim to describe something without being seen from any particular viewpoint or position.
perspective-independent existence(what may be impossible in reality)
The idea that something could exist completely apart from anyone's viewpoint or way of observing it.
use-mention fallacy(as a logical error in reasoning)
A logical mistake where you confuse the way a word is used in conversation with what the word actually refers to or means—like confusing how people say something with what that something actually is.