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    Supports→No thought experiment that involves non-human animals or computers as persons is well conceived.

    Thought experiments presupposing personhood in entities that structurally lack this dual-ascription framework import a conceptually incoherent subject, rendering conclusions ungeneralizable.

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    Conceptually incoherent(as used in epistemology)
    An idea that doesn't make logical sense or contradicts itself when you think it through carefully.
    Dual-ascription framework(as used in metaphysics)
    A system for assigning two different kinds of properties or abilities to something; in this context, it refers to a philosophical theory about what makes something a person.
    Structurally lack(as used in metaphysics)
    Missing something as a fundamental part of how something is built or organized—like how a rock structurally lacks the ability to think.
    Thought experiments(as the tool modern philosophers use differently than Plato did)
    Imaginary scenarios that philosophers create and examine to test ideas or explore what's logically possible, often used to challenge assumptions.

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    Ungeneralizable(as used in logic and epistemology)
    Unable to be applied broadly or used to draw general conclusions—if something is ungeneralizable, the lessons from it only apply to that specific case, nowhere else.
    personhood(Presented as the telos of moral agency)
    A status achievable through moral achievement, contingent on the exercise of the capacity for virtue.

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