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    It is not the case that Methodological solipsism precludes relational properties from playing a role in the individuation of mental states.

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    • 1.Fodor's methodological solipsism targets computational individuation, not the exhaustive individuation of all mental state types.
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    • 2.Narrow content, as articulated by Fodor, is a legitimate individuating factor that captures functional role without precluding relational properties at a separate level of analysis.
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    • 3.A two-factor theory of content allows relational properties to individuate mental states at the wide-content level while preserving the narrow computational level intact.
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    • 1.Burge's twin-earth cases show that relational properties partly constitute mental state individuation, directly challenging the claim's assumed scope.
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    • 2.If anti-individualism is correct, then no principled methodological constraint can preclude relational properties from individuation without begging the question against externalism.
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    • 1.The semantic evaluation of a mental state is typically relational (e.g., whether beliefs about water are true depends on how things stand with water in the world).
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    • 2.Methodological solipsism individuates psychological states without respect to semantic evaluations.
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    • 3.Therefore, methodological solipsism excludes relational semantic properties from individuation.
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