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    It is not the case that C.D. Broad's argument from hallucination establishes that the intrinsic character of perceptual experience requires an internal object of awareness, not a relation to the world.

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    • 1.Hallucinations may be intrinsically different from veridical perceptions in ways we cannot access through phenomenology alone.
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    • 2.Relational properties can be intrinsic to experience without requiring a separate internal object—the mind-world relation itself constitutes experience.
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    • 3.Postulating internal objects creates explanatory problems (infinite regress, duplication) that exceed the problems it solves.
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    • 1.Hallucinations are phenomenologically indistinguishable from veridical perceptions, yet hallucinations lack external objects.
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    • 2.If hallucinations and perceptions share identical intrinsic character but differ only in external relations, intrinsic character cannot depend on those relations.
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    • 3.The best explanation for why hallucinations feel exactly like perceptions is that both involve awareness of internal representational objects.
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