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    Challenges→A unitary enduring self must exist as the subject that unifies cross-modal perceptual judgements.

    The Nyāya inference from 'judgement must inhere in a substance' to 'that substance is a permanent self' illicitly assumes the Vaiśeṣika category scheme rather than establishing it.

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    Key Terms

    Illicitly assumes(as the logical error being identified)
    Makes an invalid logical leap by assuming something without proper justification.
    Nyāya(as the philosophical tradition being discussed)
    An ancient Indian school of philosophy that developed detailed rules for logical reasoning and argumentation, similar to how Western philosophy has formal logic.
    Vaiśeṣika(the philosophical tradition being discussed)
    An ancient Indian school of philosophy (dating back over 2,000 years) that developed detailed theories about how objects are made up of atoms and how properties attach to things.
    category scheme(as the framework Vaiśeṣika provided)
    A system for organizing and classifying all the different types of things that exist (like dividing reality into substances, qualities, actions, etc.).

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    inference(Nyāya epistemology)
    A component of epistemology in Nyāya philosophy; a veritable inference yields knowledge about the world and must have premises that are themselves known
    inhere in(how properties belong to physical objects)
    To exist as a natural part of something; to belong to or be contained within.
    permanent self(Āryadeva's critique of non-Buddhist schools asserting an unchanging personal identity)
    A self that cannot undergo change, and therefore cannot be harmed or destroyed.
    substance(Spinoza's metaphysics; criteria include (i) necessity and (ii) self-subsistence)
    The fundamental existent that is wholly necessary and self-subsistent, not depending on anything else for its existence

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