Every living body is 'enselved' (possesses a self) — Carmelics

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Every living body is 'enselved' (possesses a self)

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1.Desire arises in virtue of a connection whose emergent cause requires a specifier
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2.Having-a-self is the specifier of the connection that gives rise to desire
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3.This specifier is proved with respect to the living body
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1.Buddhist Abhidharma analysis resolves the living body into momentary dharmas (psychophysical events) with no persistent substratum requiring a self.
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2.Desire arises through dependent origination (pratītyasamutpāda) as a causal sequence among mental factors, without requiring a self as specifier.
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3.If desire can be fully explained without positing a self, the inference from desire to 'having-a-self' violates the Nyāya principle of parsimony in inferential warrant (vyāpti).
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