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    It is not the case that If redness is an essential property fixed by its intrinsic physical constitution, then filling a causal-functional role is neither necessary nor sufficient for being redness across all possible worlds.

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    • 1.Redness just is the property that plays the red-role causally; there is no intrinsic nature beyond function.
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    • 2.Physical constitution itself is individuated by the causal-functional differences it generates.
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    • 3.Any possible world where redness's constitution exists will produce identical causal effects by necessity.
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    • 1.Physical properties like redness have intrinsic natures independent of their causal roles in any system.
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    • 2.The same physical constitution could potentially occupy different causal roles across possible worlds.
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    • 3.Functional roles are necessarily relational; intrinsic properties are independent of relations.
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