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    It is not the case that Physical transparency of substrate is categorically distinct from transparency of meaning, so inspectability of mechanism does not reduce the verification problem for understanding.

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    • 1.Meaning emerges from physical organization; inspecting mechanism reveals how symbols acquire reference through causal-relational structure.
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    • 2.The 'explanatory gap' reflects epistemic limitations, not metaphysical categories—full transparency would dissolve the seeming mystery.
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    • 3.Verification of understanding can proceed mechanistically: we confirm understanding by observing correct behavioral/computational responses.
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    • 1.Knowing physical substrate details (neurons firing) doesn't explain semantic content—why X means something rather than nothing.
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    • 2.Understanding requires grasping intentionality and referential relations, which are multiply realizable across different physical substrates.
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    • 3.Complete mechanistic inspection leaves the explanatory gap: we can observe all processes yet still ask 'but what makes this meaningful?'
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