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    It is not the case that Representational unity is a relational property of mental states, not a mark of the subject who bears them, leaving the subject's identity underdetermined.

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    • 1.Representational unity presupposes a subject that synthesizes representations; without it, no unified structure exists to be relational.
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    • 2.The distinction between relations among states and their subject is conceptually unstable—subjects just are the loci of unified representations.
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    • 3.If unity underdetermines identity, it cannot explain why one subject's representations remain unified and separate from another's.
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    Reasons Against

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    • 1.Mental content depends on causal relations to external objects, not intrinsic subject properties, making unity fundamentally relational.
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    • 2.Subject identity requires continuity criteria independent of representational states, which unity alone cannot determine.
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    • 3.Multiple distinct subjects could possess identical representational structures, so unity doesn't constitute identity.
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