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    It is not the case that If perceptual success is constitutively dependent on actual external objects, then the mental stream alone cannot provide sufficient conditions for genuine cognitive awareness.

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    • 1.Cognitive awareness of representational content requires only internal mental states, not successful external reference.
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    • 2.A brain-in-a-vat could possess genuine cognitive awareness of its simulated environment through internal processing alone.
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    • 3.The mental stream suffices for phenomenal consciousness and intentionality; external success adds only metaphysical status.
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    • 1.Perceptual content about mind-independent objects requires causal contact with those objects to be truth-apt.
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    • 2.Two mentally identical subjects in different environments can have different perceptual states if external objects differ.
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    • 3.Hallucinations and veridical perceptions differ in truth-conditions despite identical mental streams, proving external dependence.
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