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    It is not the case that Recorded playback generates a numerically distinct but qualitatively authentic sound event at the speaker, so the listener veridically perceives that new event, not an absent original.

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    • 1.Qualitative authenticity requires intentional fidelity to an original. The speaker output's meaning and identity depend on reproducing the source event.
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    • 2.Veridical perception of recorded playback involves perceiving *through* the speaker to the original performance, not perceiving the speaker output itself.
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    • 3.Numerical distinctness doesn't eliminate perceptual mediation. Photographs create new light patterns, yet we perceive the absent photographed object, not the photo.
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    • 1.Sound is a physical phenomenon (pressure waves). Speaker output creates genuinely new pressure waves, making it a real event, not mere representation.
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    • 2.Veridical perception requires only accurate awareness of present phenomena. Listener correctly perceives actual speaker output occurring now.
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    • 3.Numerical distinctness matters ontologically: two events with different spatiotemporal locations are genuinely different events, not the same event twice.
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