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    Vertical causality describes a functional role a dharma p... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→A dharma's capability (vertical causality) further individuates that dharma as that very particular dharma.

    Vertical causality describes a functional role a dharma plays, but functional roles can in principle be multiply realized by numerically distinct dharmas.

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    • 1.Functional roles are defined by causal relations, not intrinsic properties, so distinct dharmas with identical causal profiles realize the same role.
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    • 2.Buddhist metaphysics allows multiple distinct dharmas to produce identical downstream effects, supporting multiple realizability of functions.
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    • 3.If vertical causality is about functional contribution to wholes, then substrate-independence of function supports multiple realization possibilities.
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    • 1.If dharmas are individuated by their intrinsic natures (svabhava), numerically distinct dharmas cannot share identical functional roles without contradiction.
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    • 2.The Buddhist principle of dependent origination ties each dharma's causal efficacy to its unique relational context, resisting functional substitutability.
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    • 3.Multiple realization assumes mind-body-type abstraction; Buddhist dharmas lack this framework, making the claim category misapplied.
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