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    It is not the case that The analogy to 'perspectival shortening' fails because visual foreshortening preserves object properties under projection, whereas Doppler pitch-shift reflects no intrinsic property of the source.

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    • 1.Foreshortening also depends on observer position; both are relational effects between source and perceiver, not intrinsic properties.
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    • 2.Pitch *shift* is relational, but the source's *frequency* remains intrinsic; Doppler merely reveals this under different reference frames.
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    • 3.Shape-preservation in foreshortening is mathematical convention, not physical fact; both effects equally reflect mind-independent reality.
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    • 1.Visual foreshortening leaves object shape invariant under rotation; Doppler shift changes the frequency listeners actually detect.
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    • 2.Perspective transformations are reversible with position knowledge; Doppler effects depend on motion, an external relational fact.
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    • 3.Foreshortening reveals rigid spatial structure; Doppler reveals only relative velocity, which isn't intrinsic to the source.
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