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    It is not the case that Section §17 of the B-Deduction functions primarily to characterize the concept of an object for use in challenging Humean associationism, not to assert a sufficiency or reciprocity thesis

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    • 1.Kant's definition of an object in §17 as 'that in whose concept the manifold of a given intuition is united' functions as a sufficient condition for objecthood, not merely a polemical characterization.
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    • 2.Henry Allison and Paul Guyer both argue §17 establishes a conceptual reciprocity between unity of apperception and objective validity, making the sufficiency reading textually unavoidable.
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    • 3.If §17 were merely anti-Humean stage-setting, the transition to §§18–20 would lack the logical grounding Kant explicitly claims to be providing in the Leitfaden argument.
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    • 1.The supporting argument's premise that §§18–20 confirm rather than establish the synthesis claim presupposes a narrative reading that conflicts with Kant's own deductive structure in the B-edition.
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    • 2.Dieter Henrich's 'two-step' interpretation of the B-Deduction requires §17 to carry independent demonstrative weight, not merely rhetorical or polemical weight against Hume.
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    • 1.If the sufficiency claim and the reciprocity thesis are denied, an alternative account of §17's role is needed
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    • 2.Kant's characterization of an object in §17 is designed to present his anti-Humean theory of mental processing required for representing objects
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    • 3.The subsequent claim about synthesis is not presented as self-evident but as a conclusion to be confirmed in §§18–20
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