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    It is not the case that The Abhidharma analysis of dharmas presupposes a stable epistemic subject capable of performing the reductive decomposition it claims to undermine.

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    • 1.Abhidharma distinguishes between the conventional subject performing analysis and ultimate reality—analyzing doesn't require ultimate substantiality.
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    • 2.The analysis of dharmas presupposes only momentary cognitive capacity, not permanent selfhood; moments of awareness can be serially dependent.
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    • 3.Claiming analysis undermines itself confuses epistemic conditions with metaphysical claims—a process can be performed without possessing what it deconstructs.
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    • 1.Abhidharma analysis requires a subject that performs reductive decomposition, yet it denies substantial subjects, creating internal contradiction.
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    • 2.The epistemic act of analyzing dharmas presupposes continuity and agency that contradicts the doctrine of radical impermanence and non-self.
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    • 3.Without a stable analyzer, there's no coherent basis for claiming dharmas are ultimate units rather than mere conceptual conventions.
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