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

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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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    • 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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