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    It is not the case that Kant's 'Amphiboly of Concepts of Reflection' explicitly treats the thing in itself as a limiting concept (Grenzbegriff), not a robust ontological posit.

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    • 1.Kant's Critique repeatedly asserts noumena exist and causally affect us (Affection Thesis), which exceeds what a mere limiting concept can accomplish.
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    • 2.If things-in-themselves were only conceptual limits with no ontological weight, Kant's transcendental idealism collapses into subjective idealism.
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    • 3.The term 'Grenzbegriff' appears sparingly in Kant; calling it 'explicit' overstates textual evidence and may conflate interpretive reconstruction with Kant's own position.
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    • 1.Kant's critical project requires limiting reason's claims; treating things-in-themselves as merely regulative (not constitutive) prevents dogmatic metaphysics.
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    • 2.The Amphiboly section explicitly warns against confusing 'appearance' with 'thing in itself,' suggesting the latter functions as a boundary marker, not an entity.
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    • 3.A limiting concept serves Kant's epistemology: it marks what we cannot know while preserving the coherence of our phenomenal knowledge system.
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