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    It is not the case that If all component parts of the ego-complex could be negated, the 'warmth and intimacy' that marks thoughts as mine would lack any stable carrier.

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    • 1.Buddhist philosophy demonstrates that thoughts can possess phenomenal character without a permanent ego-substrate; 'mineness' may arise from process, not substance.
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    • 2.The claim conflates logical necessity with phenomenological fact; ego-dissolution doesn't erase experience but may transform how ownership is experienced.
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    • 3.Non-self traditions show intimacy and clarity can intensify without ego-boundaries; the claim assumes one specific architecture of consciousness is required.
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    • 1.Phenomenologically, the sense of ownership ('mineness') requires a unified locus; without ego-structure, thoughts would lack subjective anchoring.
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    • 2.Memory, continuity, and narrative self-constitution depend on ego-organization; dissolving these undermines the persistence needed for 'warmth'.
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    • 3.The felt quality of intimacy presupposes a stable subject-pole; distributed or fragmented mental contents cannot generate unified subjective experience.
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