An internal aspect simultaneous with cognition cannot differentially explain why that specific cognition arises rather than another, undermining its role as a discriminating condition.

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Differentially explain(as used in epistemology and explanation): To provide a reason that distinguishes between one outcome and another—to show why one thing happened instead of something else.
Discriminating condition(as used in logic and philosophy of mind): A factor or requirement that makes a meaningful difference between two things, helping us tell them apart or understand why one rather than another occurs.
Internal aspect(as used in philosophy of mind): A property or feature that exists inside something (like consciousness or subjective experience) rather than in the external world.
Simultaneous(as used in philosophy of time): Happening at exactly the same time as something else.
cognition(Interpretation of Kant's use of 'cognition' (Erkenntnis) as pertaining to meaning/intelligibility rather than merely knowledge)

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