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    It is not the case that Russellian monism, advanced by Chalmers and Strawson, holds that phenomenal properties constitute the intrinsic categorical bases of physical dispositional properties.

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    • 1.Phenomenal properties appear constitutively tied to subjective experience; it's unclear how they could constitute unconscious matter's intrinsic nature.
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    • 2.The theory lacks empirical testability—no prediction distinguishes phenomenal intrinsic bases from other unknown categorical bases.
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    • 3.Strawson's arguments assume categorical bases are metaphysically necessary, but physics may be complete without positing them at all.
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    • 1.Physics describes only relational/dispositional properties (mass, charge, spin); intrinsic natures must ground these relations.
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    • 2.Phenomenal properties are the only candidate intrinsic properties we directly know to exist, avoiding mysterious categorical bases.
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    • 3.This view reconciles physicalism with consciousness by making qualia foundational to physical explanation rather than epiphenomenal.
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