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    It is not the case that Chalmers' hard problem demonstrates that no account of representational or functional structure logically entails facts about phenomenal character.

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    • 1.Conceivability of zombies may reflect human cognitive limits, not genuine logical possibility—our imagination can fail about consciousness.
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    • 2.The explanatory gap may arise from confusing epistemic inaccessibility with metaphysical independence; functional description might still necessitate experience.
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    • 3.If phenomenal properties are intrinsic features of information processing itself, they would be entailed by functional structure by definition.
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    • 1.We can conceive of zombies (physically identical beings without consciousness), suggesting consciousness isn't logically entailed by physical facts.
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    • 2.Complete knowledge of neural firing patterns and functional roles leaves the question 'why does this feel like something?' unanswered.
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    • 3.Subjective color experience cannot be deduced from wavelength information alone, revealing a logical gap between structure and phenomenology.
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