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    It is not the case that Perceptual learning can attune the cognitive system to detect new property distinctions without requiring prior possession of the target concept.

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    • 1.All perceptual discrimination relies on implicit categorization, which constitutes a minimal form of concept even without explicit linguistic labels.
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    • 2.Claims about 'prior possession' of concepts are empirically underdetermined—subjects may possess non-conscious or proto-conceptual knowledge before learning.
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    • 3.Perceptual learning improves sensitivity to already-existing properties; it doesn't create genuinely new distinctions independent of conceptual frameworks.
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    • 1.Wine experts discriminate subtle flavor profiles through training that untrained palates cannot detect, despite lacking pre-existing concepts for these distinctions.
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    • 2.Perceptual learning demonstrates measurable improvements in discrimination tasks before subjects can articulate or conceptualize what distinguishes the stimuli.
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    • 3.Concept formation often follows perceptual discrimination abilities developmentally, suggesting detection can precede conceptualization.
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