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    If mental predicates are systematically false of any actu... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→Mental predicates cannot constitute mentality, because mentality is presupposed by the mental predicates themselves.

    If mental predicates are systematically false of any actual states, they presuppose nothing that genuinely exists.

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    • 1.If mental predicates systematically misrepresent reality, they cannot refer to or presuppose any actual states.
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    • 2.Systematic falsehood indicates the conceptual framework fails to map onto genuine features of the world.
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    • 3.Presupposing existence requires the predicate succeeds in capturing something real, even if imperfectly.
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    • 1.False claims can presuppose real entities; 'The king is bald' presupposes kingship despite being false.
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    • 2.Mental predicates might be systematically false yet still presuppose neural or functional states that genuinely exist.
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    • 3.The claim conflates semantic reference failure with ontological emptiness—different philosophical problems.
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