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    Challenges→The classification of the error-term ε_s as environmental versus behavioral constraint depends on the goal of inquiry and what follows from the reclassification, not on any fixed conceptual boundary.

    Biological constraints like perceptual thresholds have determinate causal roles that fix their classification prior to any investigator's purpose.

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    • 1.Perceptual thresholds are measurable physical properties (e.g., photon detection limits) that exist independently of observers.
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    • 2.A threshold's causal role (triggering neural response) is determined by its physical properties, not by how we describe or use it.
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    • 3.Classification systems that ignore these objective causal properties fail to predict or explain biological behavior reliably.
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    • 1.What counts as 'the threshold' depends on purpose: detection threshold vs. discrimination threshold are classified differently by context.
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    • 2.The same physical property exhibits different causal roles depending on investigator's measurement method and theoretical framework.
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    • 3.Classification schemes (threshold vs. near-threshold) are conceptual boundaries humans impose; nature presents continuous gradients.
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