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    It is not the case that The contradiction between the self and the not-self can be resolved rather than forcing us to reject both sides and start over.

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    • 1.The contradiction between self and not-self is resolved by positing a third concept, divisibility, which unites the two sides.
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    • 2.The concept of divisibility is produced by a synthetic procedure of reasoning that discovers in opposites the respect in which they are alike.
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    • 1.Fichte's Wissenschaftslehre demonstrates that the I posits the not-I within itself, making opposition internal rather than external annihilation.
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    • 2.Internal opposition permits sublation (Aufhebung), where contradictory terms are simultaneously negated, preserved, and elevated into a higher unity.
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    • 3.Hegel's Logic shows that pure Being and pure Nothing do not cancel each other but resolve into Becoming, confirming that contradiction generates movement rather than collapse.
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    • 1.Dialetheism, defended by Graham Priest, holds that some contradictions are true and productive, undermining the classical assumption that contradiction forces wholesale rejection.
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    • 2.If contradictions can be truth-apt and generative, then the self/not-self opposition need not demand abandonment of both sides but can sustain a determinate third term.
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