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    Challenges→Appealing to type-type identity does not suffice to dissolve the explanatory gap problem in the psycho-physical case.

    Even if two descriptions or concepts refer to one and the same property, one may still reasonably expect an explanation of how they co-refer despite not initially seeming to do so.

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    Description(as used in philosophy of language)
    A phrase that picks out something by listing its qualities or features, like 'the tallest building in New York' or 'the person who invented the light bulb.' Descriptions are different from names because they work by describing what something is like.
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    When two different words or expressions point to the same thing in reality.
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    A mental representation formed from copies of sensory representations, assembled in accordance with general-purpose learning rules.
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    However, others contend that the appeal to type-type identity does not so obviously void the need for explanation (Levine 2001). Even if two descriptions or concepts in fact refer to one and the same property, one may still reasonably expect some explanation of that convergence, some account of how they pick out one and the same thing despite not initially or intuitively seeming to do so. In other cases of empirically discovered property identities, such as that of heat and kinetic energy, there

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