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    If divergence from physical reality is explained by faile... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→The concept of body representation (and body misrepresentation) can explain how bodily experience can diverge from the physical reality of the body.

    If divergence from physical reality is explained by failed or absent sensorimotor coupling rather than misrepresentation, the representational posit is explanatorily redundant.

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    • 1.Sensorimotor coupling failures directly explain perceptual divergence without invoking unobservable mental representations.
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    • 2.Parsimony favors explaining phenomena through observable interactions rather than positing additional theoretical entities.
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    • 3.Representational accounts cannot explain why coupling failures produce specific divergences without circular reference to representations.
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    • 1.Sensorimotor coupling alone cannot explain why identical coupling failures produce different experiences across individuals or contexts.
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    • 2.Some perceptual divergences (dreams, imagery) occur without failed coupling, requiring representation to explain them independently.
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    • 3.Describing coupling dynamics itself requires representing task-relevant features, making the representational posit unavoidable rather than redundant.
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