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    It is not the case that If two sensory ideas share identical phenomenal character, they share identical representational content — obscurity cannot divorce the two without collapsing the concept of misrepresentation entirely.

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    • 1.Twin Earth cases demonstrate identical phenomenology can yield different representational contents via environmental/historical differences alone.
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    • 2.Misrepresentation requires only a mismatch between content and world; phenomenal character needn't determine which world-state content targets.
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    • 3.Obscurity in representing a property (e.g., unclear perception of redness) differs from misrepresenting it; the distinction survives phenomenal identity.
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    • 1.Phenomenal character constitutes the intrinsic qualitative nature of experience; without it determining content, qualia become epiphenomenal.
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    • 2.Misrepresentation requires a distinction between how things appear and what is actually the case; identical phenomenology entails identical apparent content.
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    • 3.Content externalism relies on factors beyond phenomenology; accepting this while claiming phenomenal identity preserves content distinction is incoherent.
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