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    It is not the case that Identity claims require that co-referring terms share all explanatory properties, but 'pain' and 'C-fiber firing' differ in their epistemic accessibility and explanatory roles.

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    • 1.Epistemic properties (knowability, explanation-type) describe access methods, not intrinsic nature. Heat and molecular motion differ similarly yet are identical.
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    • 2.Identity claims only require sameness of *referent*, not sameness of *explanatory utility*. Different descriptions serve different explanatory purposes without undermining identity.
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    • 3.We now know subjective accessibility differs from neural accessibility for many brain states. This gap reflects cognitive limits, not metaphysical distinctness.
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    • 1.Pain is knowable through first-person introspection; C-fiber firing requires third-person empirical methods. Different access routes indicate non-identity.
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    • 2.Pain explains behavior via subjective discomfort; C-fibers explain via mechanistic neural causation. Distinct explanatory roles suggest distinct properties.
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    • 3.True identity statements (like 'water = H2O') preserve all properties across reference terms. Pain-C-fiber identity fails this requirement.
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