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    It is not the case that Representing two objects as 'brighter than' one another does not require representing them as part of a larger brightness space.

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    • 1.Representing 'brighter than' as a transitive, asymmetric relation presupposes an ordered structure isomorphic to a brightness continuum.
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    • 2.Frege and Russell's analysis of relations shows that grasping comparative predicates requires implicit commitment to the ordering field they generate.
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    • 3.Without a background brightness space, 'brighter than' collapses into bare numerical tagging, losing its inferential connections to 'brightest,' 'equally bright,' and 'slightly brighter.'
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    • 1.Husserl's account of phenomenal comparison in the Logical Investigations holds that perceiving one quality as exceeding another is constituted by a horizon of graduated intensities.
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    • 2.A perceiver who genuinely represents brightness difference, rather than mere qualitative otherness, must situate both relata within a dimension that makes degree-comparisons intelligible.
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    • 1.One can represent two lights and simply represent one as brighter than the other without embedding them in a brightness spectrum.
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    • 2.Embedding objects in a larger space of a relevant character is one possible way to represent a relational property, but not the only way.
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