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    Challenges→All modern thought, including phenomenology, must accept the unthought as the ineliminable 'other' of man.

    The supporting argument conflates the historical emergence of the concept of man with a logical claim about the structure of transcendental justification, committing a genetic fallacy.

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    Conflates(in argumentation and logic)
    Treats two different things as if they're the same thing, or mixes them up in a way that causes confusion.
    Genetic fallacy(in logic)
    A logical mistake where you reject an idea just because of where it came from, rather than judging whether the idea itself is actually true or reasonable.
    Historical emergence(as used in intellectual history)
    The process of how something gradually developed and came into existence over time in actual history.
    Logical claim(as contrasted with sociological claims)
    A statement about what must be true or false based on the rules of reasoning, independent of how the real world works.
    Transcendental justification(as used in epistemology)

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