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    It is not the case that If a medium can produce the cognitive and emotional effect of spatial apprehension, the distinction between temporal and spatial arts collapses as a normative constraint.

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    • 1.Phenomenological effects vary dramatically between individuals; subjective spatial apprehension in temporal arts isn't universal or reliable.
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    • 2.Temporal unfolding fundamentally structures how meaning accrues in music/narrative; spatial simultaneity cannot be substituted without loss.
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    • 3.Collapsing categories removes useful distinctions for aesthetics, criticism, and practice without gaining explanatory clarity in return.
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    • 1.Cognitive effects (mental imagery, spatial visualization) are what fundamentally matter in art, not the medium's technical properties.
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    • 2.Music and poetry demonstrably create vivid spatial experiences; if effects converge, categorical distinctions lose normative force.
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    • 3.Normative constraints should track functional capacities, not historical classifications. Capacity convergence warrants reclassification.
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