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    Goodman's finite differentiation requires that difference... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→Goodman's condition of finite differentiation can potentially be met by digital image technology through subphenomenal color discrimination.

    Goodman's finite differentiation requires that differences between characters be perceivable in principle, not merely measurable by instruments.

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    • 1.Symbols function through conventional use; if differences aren't perceivable, users cannot distinguish notational variants in practice.
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    • 2.Instrument-only differences risk infinite proliferation of imperceptible distinctions, collapsing meaningful notational constraints.
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    • 3.Goodman's project concerns how symbols actually work cognitively; imperceptible differences are epistemically inert for users.
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    • 1.Perceivability varies by observer acuity; privileging human perception arbitrarily excludes valid symbolic systems accessible to others.
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    • 2.Modern science regularly uses distinctions (quantum states, isotopes) measurable but not perceivable; these are genuinely consequential.
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    • 3.Restricting differences to perceivable ones may exclude legitimate notational refinements that serve mathematical or technical purposes.
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