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    It is not the case that The argument from differing modes of access conflates the phenomenology of the introspective act with the underlying cognitive architecture producing it.

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    • 1.The distinction between phenomenology and architecture assumes we can meaningfully separate conscious experience from the processes constituting it.
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    • 2.Introspective phenomenology may directly reveal cognitive architecture rather than obscure it; dismissing it privileges third-person methods without justification.
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    • 3.Calling this a 'conflation' presupposes that differing access modes actually indicate different underlying realities rather than different perspectives on the same reality.
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    • 1.Introspective access feels direct, but neuroscience shows mental content depends on distributed neural processes we cannot directly perceive.
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    • 2.The subjective character of introspection (how it feels) is distinct from its causal mechanisms, so conflating them leads to false conclusions.
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    • 3.We can be mistaken about our own mental processes while still having accurate introspective phenomenology, proving these aspects dissociate.
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