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    The causal claim that a single cognitive error grounds al... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→The false view that objectifies the five aggregates as a real self (satkāyadṛṣṭi) gives rise to all afflictive defilements and suffering.

    The causal claim that a single cognitive error grounds all afflictions conflates the epistemic source of suffering with its full causal explanation.

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    • 1.Suffering has multiple independent causal pathways: biological disease, social injustice, and accidents occur regardless of cognitive errors.
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    • 2.Identifying a cognitive error's role in *perceiving* suffering differs logically from explaining suffering's *material origins*.
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    • 3.Single-cause theories of complex phenomena typically fail; afflictions require multifactorial explanations including non-epistemic factors.
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    • 1.For phenomenologically-experienced suffering, the cognitive error *is* causally primary; no suffering without the interpretive misunderstanding.
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    • 2.The distinction between 'epistemic source' and 'full causal explanation' may be artificial—our frameworks for understanding suffering are themselves causal.
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