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    It is not the case that Biological substrate is not merely a contingent implementation detail; neurochemical processes may be constitutively necessary for phenomenal experience (Searle's biological naturalism).

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    • 1.We lack independent criteria to determine which physical properties are constitutively necessary versus merely causally sufficient for experience.
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    • 2.If silicon-based systems could exhibit identical cognitive and behavioral outputs, denying them consciousness seems arbitrary, not principled.
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    • 3.Biological naturalism cannot explain why carbon chemistry specifically grounds consciousness rather than other complex organizational systems.
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    • 1.Phenomenal properties (redness, painfulness) have never been produced by non-biological systems despite centuries of study.
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    • 2.Neurochemical processes show constitutive causal powers over consciousness that differ categorically from software running on hardware.
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    • 3.The intrinsic properties of biological molecules may ground subjective experience in ways abstract computation alone cannot.
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