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q:reflexivity-intrinsic-or-constructed.nanavira-groundless-map
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"question_id": "q:reflexivity-intrinsic-or-constructed",
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"central_reading": "Ñāṇavīra rejects both Dignāga's 'structure is self-grounding' and Abhinavagupta's 'awareness grounds the structure.' He offers a third position: the search for a ground IS the conceit 'I am' (asmimāna). Reflexivity is groundless — consciousness is anidassana (non-indicative), pointing to no ground.",
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"quoted_anchor": "Ñāṇavīra's position on the self-grounding question: neither ",
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"pramana": "sabda",
"nyaya_reading": {
"paksa": "the self-grounding question is misposed ",
"hetu": "viññāṇa is negative as regards essence; the search for a ground is asmimāna",
"sadhya": "the self-grounding question is misposed — reflexivity is groundless",
"vyapti": "If consciousness has no essence and points to no ground, then the question 'what"
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"cand:abh-vimarsa-intrinsic",
"cand:dharmakirti-conditioned-reflexivity"
],
"gate_outcome": "accepted",
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"falsifier": "Show that Ñāṇavīra's anidassana viññāṇa still presupposes a ground (e.g., the structure itself or the mere fact of presence), making his position a variant of Dignāga's self-grounding rather than a distinct third way."
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"strength": 0.8,
"relation_rationale": "Groundless reflexivity is Ñāṇavīra's distinct position on the self-grounding question."
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"relation_rationale": "If the search for a ground is asmimāna, Abhinavagupta's vimarśa-as-foundation is reframed as a subtle expression of the conceit 'I am.'"
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"relation_rationale": "Dignāga's self-grounding structure is also a form of foundationalism that Ñāṇavīra's groundless reflexivity rejects."
}
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"current_best_answer": "Ñāṇavīra rejects both Dignāga's 'structure is self-grounding' and Abhinavagupta's 'awareness grounds the structure.' He offers a third position: the search for a ground IS the conceit 'I am' (asmimāna). Reflexivity is groundless — consciousness is anidassana (non-indicative), pointing to no ground.",
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