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    It is not the case that A system lacking intrinsic intentionality cannot instantiate intelligence, regardless of its substrate or functional organization.

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    • 1.Intrinsic intentionality's definition remains philosophically contested; its necessity for intelligence is unproven.
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    • 2.Intelligence demonstrably correlates with functional capacities like reasoning and adaptation, not metaphysical properties.
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    • 3.Humans may lack intrinsic intentionality too—our meanings derive from evolutionary, social, and physical scaffolding.
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    • 1.Intelligence requires understanding meaning, not merely processing symbols matching external interpretations.
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    • 2.Systems without intrinsic intentionality only simulate intelligence through borrowed meaning from observers.
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    • 3.Genuine problem-solving requires grasping what problems *mean* to the system itself, not just input-output mapping.
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