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    It is not the case that Perceptual synthesis in skilled action coheres phenomenologically prior to any act of predication or conceptual subsumption.

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    • 1.Expertise itself is partially constituted by internalized conceptual schemas; no synthesis occurs wholly prior to conceptualization.
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    • 2.Pre-reflective experience and conceptual structure are mutually dependent; distinguishing their temporal priority is methodologically unclear.
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    • 3.The claim conflates absence of *explicit* predication with absence of conceptual content; implicit concepts may structure perception throughout.
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    • 1.Expert athletes execute complex movements without conscious deliberation, suggesting pre-conceptual phenomenological unity guides action.
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    • 2.Temporal urgency in skilled performance precludes linguistic predication; synthesis must precede categorical judgment.
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    • 3.Phenomenological coherence (gestalt perception) is experientially immediate; conceptual subsumption adds secondary structure afterward.
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