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    Challenges→The argument from neither-one-nor-many is a valid argument according to the triple criteria of valid reasoning

    If 'neither-one-nor-many' names only a double negation rather than a positive characteristic, it fails the pakṣadharmatā condition, since no real locus can instantiate what is purely apophatic.

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    apophatic(as used in theology and metaphysics)
    A way of describing something only by saying what it is NOT, rather than what it IS. For example, describing God as 'not limited' instead of 'infinite.'
    double negation(as used in logic and metaphysics)
    Saying what something is NOT twice (like saying 'not not-red' instead of just saying 'red'). The question here is whether two negations actually tell you something positive or just avoid making a direct claim.
    instantiate(as used in metaphysics)
    To be a concrete example of something, or to have and display a particular property or category.
    locus(Buddhist atomic theory critique)
    The spatial location occupied by an atom; the argument treats locus as exclusive — one atom's locus cannot simultaneously be the locus of another distinct atom.

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    pakṣadharmatā(One of the standard conditions for valid inference)
    The condition that the locus of inference possesses the inferential sign (h); distinct from pakṣaṭā

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