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    It is not the case that Introspection must involve multiple mechanisms rather than a single unified process

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    • 1.A single higher-order representational mechanism can account for access to states with different content by varying its intentional object, not its structure.
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    • 2.Rosenthal's Higher-Order Thought theory demonstrates that one unified representational capacity can target attitudes, experiences, and sensations without mechanistic pluralism.
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    • 1.Phenomenological diversity in introspective targets does not entail mechanistic diversity, just as a single perceptual system processes color, shape, and motion.
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    • 2.The argument from differing modes of access conflates the phenomenology of the introspective act with the underlying cognitive architecture producing it.
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    • 1.The target states of introspection differ (e.g., attitudes vs. perceptual experiences)
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    • 2.The mode of access to those states differs (e.g., controlled attention vs. passive noticing, verbal labeling vs. non-verbal access)
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