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    Challenges→Pictorial systems are not notational systems.

    If a pictorial system can be systematically digitized into discrete, differentiable characters without loss of representational content, the syntactic density condition that disqualifies it is not intrinsic to pictoriality as such.

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    Digitized(as used in discussion of how images are represented)
    Converted into a digital format that a computer can read and process, usually made up of numbers or discrete units.
    Intrinsic(describing the kind of continuities that ground identity)
    Something that belongs to or is part of something by its very nature, rather than coming from outside or being relational.
    Pictorial system(as used in philosophy of art and representation)
    A way of representing or communicating information using images or pictures rather than words or symbols.
    Pictoriality(as used in philosophy of art and visual representation)
    The essential quality or nature of being a picture—what makes something work as a picture rather than as words or symbols.
    Representational content

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    (as what explains how our beliefs can mean something)
    The ability of thoughts, mental images, or beliefs to be 'about' something in the real world—like how the thought 'it's raining' represents an actual weather condition.
    Syntactic density(a property of how art works)
    The quality of having many small, distinct differences that matter; in art, it means tiny changes in color, shape, or sound can change the meaning significantly.
    discrete(as used in describing sounds or events)
    Separate and distinct from each other, with clear breaks in between—like individual dots rather than a continuous line.

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