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    It is not the case that If the reference of 'line' is fixed by a causal chain to paradigm cases, the 'felt sameness of sense' reflects shared referential history, not shared internal meaning.

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    • 1.Felt sameness of sense requires explanation of phenomenal character, which causal history alone cannot provide.
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    • 2.Two people could share identical causal lineages yet have completely different internal conceptual structures for 'line'.
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    • 3.Reference-fixing and meaning-determination are distinct problems; causal chains address only the former, not the latter.
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    • 1.Paradigm cases establish reference through causal-historical chains (Kripke), not mental content internalism.
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    • 2.Two speakers with identical 'line' concepts but different causal histories would have different references.
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    • 3.Felt sameness of sense across communities explains via shared historical-causal participation, not internal isomorphism.
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