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    Challenges→Self-identification with the mind-body-sense complex is not fully real.

    If self-identification with the mind-body complex is a grammatical and practical necessity rather than an epistemic error, the concept of 'self-ignorance' presupposes a standard of reality it has not earned the right to invoke.

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    earned the right to invoke(as used in philosophical argumentation)
    To justify using a standard or principle—you can only use it if you've already proven it's valid and applies to your situation.
    epistemic error(as used in epistemology)
    A mistake in knowledge or understanding—believing something false about what we can know or how we know it.
    epistemology(Contrasted with purely descriptive scientific inquiry)
    A normative enterprise that tells us how we ought to reason from evidence and how we ought to justify our beliefs, as distinct from merely describing how we do reason or justify beliefs
    grammatical necessity(as used in philosophy of language)
    Something that must be true based on how language works—we have to talk about it this way because our language requires it.

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    mind-body complex(as used in philosophy of mind)
    The combination of your mental experiences (thoughts, feelings) and your physical body working together as one unified system.
    practical necessity(as used in epistemology and metaphysics)
    Something that must be true because we need it to be true to function in everyday life, regardless of whether it's philosophically 'real.'
    self-identification(as used in metaphysics and philosophy of mind)
    The act of deciding who or what you are—claiming certain characteristics, a body, or a mind as part of your identity.
    self-ignorance(Butler's account in 'On Self-Deceit')
    Ignorance about one's own moral character and conduct driven by inordinate self-love

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