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    It is not the case that This internal incoherence, independent of bifurcation worries, constitutes sufficient grounds for rejecting Kantian subjective idealism on its own terms.

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    • 1.The apparent incoherence stems from conflating Kant's epistemic limits with metaphysical contradictions—distinct problems requiring separate solutions.
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    • 2.Kant's critical philosophy deliberately brackets traditional metaphysical demands; calling this 'incoherent' assumes a rejected framework applies.
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    • 3.The thing-in-itself functions regulatively rather than constitutively, making standard logical consistency criteria inappropriate standards of assessment.
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    • 1.Kant's thing-in-itself both structures experience and remains unknowable, creating logical tension independent of empirical concerns.
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    • 2.If representations alone constitute experience, Kant cannot consistently invoke transcendental objects to explain their necessity and unity.
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    • 3.The noumenal realm cannot simultaneously be causally inert and responsible for the formal features of phenomenal knowledge.
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