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    It is not the case that The claim that all agents have perceptible bodies is itself derived inductively from observed agents, making it epistemically dependent on the same inductive base as the Nyāya inference.

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    • 1.Conceptual truths about agency (e.g., intentionality requires some substrate) may be derivable a priori, not dependent on inductive observation of cases.
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    • 2.Nyāya inference aims to explain causation in the observable world; claims about necessary conditions for agency operate at a different logical level.
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    • 3.Even if both claims use observations, they may have different epistemic status: one could be a regulative principle while the other is empirical generalization.
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    • 1.Our only access to agency is through observation of embodied beings; we cannot verify disembodied agents exist without empirical evidence.
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    • 2.The principle that perceptible bodies characterize agents relies on the same observational base as Nyāya inferences about causation and inference.
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    • 3.Without acknowledging this shared inductive foundation, we risk circular reasoning by treating one inductive claim as foundational while questioning another.
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