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Emptiness realisation does not imply irrealism or solipsism; the subjective unevidenceability of boundaries does not entail the absence of structure

Pre-empts the objection that emptiness realisation dissolves the agent's ability to model reality

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There is no self-evidence: A physics of emptiness realisation

(2026) · Lars Sandved-Smith · Chris Fields · Thomas Doctor · Ruben Laukkonen +1

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structural realism
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A philosophical position that only the structure of relations is knowable; invoked to support continued self-evidencing.

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