So the AI provides a distinct argument, which contains further distinctions, thus distinctions are contained within distinctions...distinction contains itself.Veritas Aequitas wrote: ↑Fri Nov 14, 2025 8:58 amAI wrote:Eodnhoj7 wrote: ↑Fri Nov 14, 2025 6:29 amIs "in itself" a distinction?Veritas Aequitas wrote: ↑Fri Nov 14, 2025 6:24 am
From AI:
[AI]
“Property-in-itself” is only a distinction within a human framework.
It is not a distinction-in-itself — because the very idea of ‘in-itself’ is beyond the domain where distinctions apply.
In other words:
If you are talking about “property-in-itself,”
you are already speaking from within a conceptual framework
that generates distinctions.
Therefore:
Yes — within our framework, “property-in-itself” is a distinction.
But it is not a distinction about how things are in themselves.**
This is exactly the Kantian boundary:
We cannot apply distinctions beyond the conditions that generate distinctions.[]
“ ‘In itself’ is a linguistic distinction, not a metaphysical one — and that is the entire point.”
“Yes — the words ‘in itself’ are a distinction, but that linguistic distinction does not license you to assert a metaphysical thing-in-itself; that jump is exactly what Kant proves impossible.”
This cannot be reduced to a purely metaphysical assertion as metaphysics is a distinction.