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    Evans and Bermúdez both argue that genuine perceptual sys... — Carmelics
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    Supports→The body senses do not satisfy Shoemaker's perceptual model because they give access only to a single object

    Evans and Bermúdez both argue that genuine perceptual systems must support object-demonstrative thought, enabling 'that object' reference across contexts.

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    • 1.Animals with perceptual systems track individual objects over time and across viewpoints, suggesting capacity for object-demonstrative thought.
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    • 2.Without object-demonstrative reference, perceptual systems couldn't distinguish between re-encountering the same object versus a numerically distinct duplicate.
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    • 3.Object-tracking in goal-directed behavior (predator following prey) requires the 'that object' cognitive capacity Evans and Bermúdez describe.
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    • 1.Purely sensorimotor tracking of spatiotemporal continuity can explain object persistence without requiring conceptual demonstrative thought.
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    • 2.The claim conflates perceptual systems' functional success with possession of conceptual capacities; these may be dissociable.
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    • 3.Simple organisms with genuine perceptual systems (insects) show no evidence of context-independent object reference or demonstrative thought.
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