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    It is not the case that A disposition triggered by believing R is a reason operates independently of whether R actually figures in the agent's SMS.

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    Reasons For

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    • 1.If R doesn't figure in SMS, claims about R's role in triggering dispositions lack empirical verification or content.
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    • 2.Severing believed reasons from the agent's motivational structure makes 'reason' semantically vacuous.
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    • 3.Normative force requires that reasons be accessible to the agent's self-understanding; hidden reasons fail this condition.
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    Reasons Against

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    • 1.Beliefs causally trigger dispositions regardless of their metaphysical status in other systems.
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    • 2.A disposition's independence from SMS preserves agent autonomy and avoids circular reasoning about reason-responsiveness.
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    • 3.Empirically, agents act on believed reasons that don't appear in introspective or behavioral records.
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