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    It is not the case that If a rigorous third-person methodology can systematically predict, explain, and interrelate all sincere first-person reports without remainder, the claim that something escapes objective understanding is an unverifiable assertion, not a demonstrated gap.

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    • 1.Predictive adequacy doesn't guarantee explanatory completeness; a model can systematize reports while remaining silent on why subjective experience exists at all.
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    • 2.First-person reports describe phenomenal properties (what experiences are like), but third-person methods access only structural/functional properties—a category mismatch, not mere prediction failure.
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    • 3.Unfalsifiability cuts both ways: claiming systematic prediction 'without remainder' is equally unverifiable and untestable as claiming irreducible explanatory gaps exist.
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    • 1.Unverifiable assertions about reality lack epistemic warrant; we should not posit entities or gaps beyond what empirical evidence supports.
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    • 2.If third-person methodology leaves no residual first-person reports unexplained, positing an additional 'explanatory gap' becomes methodologically redundant.
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    • 3.The burden of proof lies with those claiming something escapes objective understanding, not with those claiming comprehensive systematic explanation is possible.
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