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    It is not the case that Grounding metaphysical claims about śūnyatā in language-specific phonology commits the use-mention fallacy by treating grammatical accidents as ontological truths.

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    • 1.Buddhist philosophy explicitly integrates language analysis into metaphysics; treating language as merely accidental misrepresents the tradition itself.
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    • 2.The distinction between 'use' and 'mention' presupposes phonology is decorative; but phonology may partly constitute meaning in Buddhist semiotics.
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    • 3.No metaphysical claim escapes language; rejecting phonological grounding doesn't access pre-linguistic reality but just different linguistic structures.
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    • 1.Sanskrit's phonological structure (śūnya as 'empty sound') shouldn't determine metaphysics of emptiness, which transcends linguistic particularities.
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    • 2.Confusing grammatical properties with ontological properties is a classic category error that undermines metaphysical validity.
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    • 3.Cross-linguistic analysis shows emptiness concepts exist across languages with different phonologies, suggesting language-independence.
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