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    Challenges→God cannot be a member of any extant ontological category.

    The supporting argument illicitly conflates being a member of a category in the creaturely sense with being categorizable at all, which Scotus identified as the equivocation underlying radical apophatic theology.

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    Equivocation(Lewis diagnoses the ontological argument as equivocating on 'a being than which nothing greater can be conceived is possible'.)
    A fallacy in which a key term or phrase is used in two different senses within the same argument, making an invalid inference appear valid.
    Scotus(The philosopher whose reasoning is being analyzed)
    A medieval philosopher (John Duns Scotus, 1266-1308) known for his detailed logical arguments about God, free will, and how things exist.
    apophatic theology(Tradition influencing Marion's theory)
    The theological approach holding that God cannot be accurately conceived of or described in positive terms
    creaturely sense(as a way of describing how things exist as creatures)
    Relating to created beings or things that exist as part of creation. In this context, it means the way things belong to categories as actual, created entities in the world.

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    illicitly conflates(as describing the logical mistake in the supporting argument)
    Wrongly treats two different things as if they were the same thing, breaking the rules of logical reasoning.
    radical apophatic theology(as the specific theological position being examined)
    An extreme version of negative theology that insists we can say almost nothing positive about God—only what God is not.

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