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    It is not the case that If cognition operates solely through exclusionary concepts, no external object—whole, aggregate, or atom—can serve as its direct object.

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    • 1.Perceptual systems access external objects through non-exclusionary relations: similarity, containment, and causal interaction work without negation.
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    • 2.The claim conflates linguistic-conceptual cognition with all cognition; non-human and pre-linguistic cognition may operate differently than exclusionary concepts.
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    • 3.Even exclusionary concepts can track objects reliably if they map stable exclusion-boundaries; exclusion doesn't prevent reference, only determines its structure.
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    • 1.Exclusionary concepts define objects by what they exclude, creating a gap between concept and referent that direct access cannot bridge.
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    • 2.All linguistic-conceptual content requires negation (not-X) to establish identity, making pure presence impossible as cognitive content.
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    • 3.Direct objects would require unmediated presence, but exclusionary thinking always mediates through differential relations, not immediate givenness.
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