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    Vasubandhu's Abhidharma analysis distinguishes dharmas by... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→Internal aspects that provide a basis for cognition arise simultaneously with cognition itself.

    Vasubandhu's Abhidharma analysis distinguishes dharmas by their causal roles, requiring causes to precede effects by at least one moment.

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    • 1.Causal sequences require temporal order to avoid circular dependence and logical contradiction.
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    • 2.Vasubandhu's moment-by-moment analysis preserves empirical observation of sequential change in experience.
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    • 3.Defining dharmas by causal roles rather than substances avoids essentialist metaphysics while explaining phenomena.
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    • 1.Atomic moments may be too small to measure causation; no empirical threshold distinguishes one-moment gaps from zero.
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    • 2.Some phenomena appear simultaneous (e.g., heat and light); mandatory temporal gaps conflict with observable co-occurrence.
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    • 3.Defining dharmas purely by causal roles may be circular: we identify causes by effects, effects by causes.
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