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    It is not the case that Pictorial systems are not notational systems.

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    • 1.Some pictorial systems, such as heraldic blazon or architectural floor plans, exhibit finite and differentiated symbol schemes satisfying Goodman's own syntactic density criterion only weakly.
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    • 2.If a pictorial system can be systematically digitized into discrete, differentiable characters without loss of representational content, the syntactic density condition that disqualifies it is not intrinsic to pictoriality as such.
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    • 3.Therefore, Goodman's exclusion of pictorial systems from notationality rests on contingent features of typical implementations, not on a necessary property of pictorial representation.
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    • 1.Flint Schier's theory of natural generativity holds that pictures trigger recognition through the same perceptual capacities used in ordinary object perception, making syntactic articulation a category mistake when applied to them.
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    • 2.If pictures function through natural generativity rather than conventional symbol schemes, Goodman's notational criteria—designed for conventional systems—are simply inapplicable rather than genuinely falsified by pictures.
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    • 3.The failure of pictorial systems to meet notational criteria thus reveals a limitation of Goodman's framework, not a substantive truth about the ontology of pictorial representation.
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    • 1.Pictorial systems fail on syntactic grounds.
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    • 2.Pictorial systems fail on semantic grounds.
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