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    Supporting argument P1's synonym claim conflates frequent... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→Apperception (saṃjñā) and consciousness (vijñāna) are not clearly dissociated in canonical Buddhist literature.

    Supporting argument P1's synonym claim conflates frequent co-occurrence in lists with definitional equivalence, a logical error that misrepresents the texts' own analytic distinctions.

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    Conflates(in argumentation and logic)
    Treats two different things as if they're the same thing, or mixes them up in a way that causes confusion.
    analytic distinctions(The statement says the texts themselves already made these differences clear)
    Clear, meaningful differences between concepts that philosophers have carefully identified and explained.
    co-occurrence(philosophy of science)
    When two things happen or exist together; the philosophical idea that evidence supports a claim just because they appear at the same time or place.
    definitional equivalence(Theoretical equivalence; Eilenberg & Mac Lane 1942, 1945; Glymour 1971)
    The oldest criterion for theoretical equivalence between first-order theories with the same signature
    logical error

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    A mistake in reasoning where the conclusion doesn't actually follow from the facts presented, making the argument invalid.
    synonym claim(In this statement, P1 is arguing that certain terms are synonyms)
    An argument that two words or concepts mean essentially the same thing or can be used interchangeably.

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