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    If omnisubjectivity requires knowing qualia that resist p... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→Omnisubjectivity is better thought of as a further extension of divine cognitive perfection rather than a rejection of standard definitions of omniscience.

    If omnisubjectivity requires knowing qualia that resist propositional encoding, it introduces a categorically distinct cognitive mode, not an extension of propositional omniscience.

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    Cognitive mode(the main claim is that indistinct representation is a fundamentally different mode than rational thinking)
    A distinct way or style that the mind works—like how daydreaming is a different cognitive mode from concentrated studying, each involving different mental processes.
    Omnisubjectivity(philosophy of religion)
    The idea that God (or some all-knowing being) experiences or is aware of everything subjectively—meaning God doesn't just know facts about the world, but actually experiences what it's like to be in every situation.
    Propositional encoding(as used in epistemology (theory of knowledge))
    The ability to express or capture something as a statement or fact that can be written down and communicated—for example, 'water boils at 100°C' is propositionally encoded, but the feeling of touching a hot stove might not be.
    categorical distinction(contrasted with modal or perspectival distinctions)

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    A fundamental, real difference in what something IS or what category it belongs to—not just how it appears or from what angle you look at it.
    omniscience(The passage tests omniscience against mathematical undecidability)
    The property of knowing everything; used here to probe whether divine knowledge extends to undecided mathematical propositions.
    qualia(The passage presents two competing definitions to contrast the views)
    On the Cartesian picture: intrinsic qualities of inner ideas of which subjects are directly aware, necessarily shared by internal duplicates regardless of environment. On wide representationalism: representational contents of inner states whose nature is partly externally determined

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