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    It is not the case that If introspection is already infected by folk-psychological theory, reusing one's own cognitive mechanisms as a simulation base covertly smuggles in theoretical knowledge.

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    • 1.Direct introspective access to some mental states (pain, visual experience) precedes and resists folk-psychological categorization.
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    • 2.Theory-contamination is unavoidable in all empirical methods; this doesn't uniquely undermine introspection relative to behavioral observation.
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    • 3.Self-simulation can reveal novel cognitive patterns contradicting folk psychology, demonstrating independence from theoretical scaffolding.
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    • 1.Folk psychology (beliefs, desires, intentions) is culturally learned and embedded in language before we introspect, shaping what we notice.
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    • 2.Using our own minds as simulation models inherits these theoretical commitments without scrutiny, making theory invisible rather than explicit.
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    • 3.Introspective reports reliably correlate with folk-psychological categories, suggesting theory shapes the phenomenology itself, not just interpretation.
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