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    It is not the case that The explanandum (why exclusion rather than inclusion became salient) is smuggled into the explanans, rendering the argument circular.

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    • 1.Explaining salience through structural conditions (power, resources, threats) avoids circularity if those conditions are independently verified.
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    • 2.The claim of circularity conflates 'mentioning exclusion in the explanation' with 'assuming exclusion without justification.'
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    • 3.Many explanations necessarily reference their explanandum; this is descriptive accuracy, not logical circularity.
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    • 1.The argument assumes exclusion became salient without explaining why that salience emerged rather than inclusion's salience.
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    • 2.Circular reasoning occurs when the conclusion (exclusion's salience) appears in the premises without independent justification.
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    • 3.A non-circular explanation must identify prior causal factors external to the explanandum itself.
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