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    It is not the case that The China-body system could undergo qualia, however strange this seems

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    • 1.Qualia are intrinsic, non-relational properties of conscious states, not reducible to functional or causal roles (Block's 'phenomenal consciousness').
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    • 2.A system defined purely by its functional organization—regardless of scale—cannot, by definition, guarantee the presence of intrinsic phenomenal properties.
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    • 3.Therefore, replicating human cognitive function at the scale of China-body does not entail replicating qualia, only their functional analogs.
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    • 1.Biological substrate is not merely a contingent implementation detail; neurochemical processes may be constitutively necessary for phenomenal experience (Searle's biological naturalism).
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    • 2.The China-body system substitutes silicon and radio signals for neurons and synapses, not merely at scale but in physical kind.
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    • 3.Size-invariance arguments only neutralize spatial objections, leaving the substrate-dependence objection fully intact.
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    • 1.Functional systems that replicate human cognition should replicate all its properties, including qualia
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    • 2.The apparent oddness of attributing qualia to the China-body system stems from our relative size compared to it, not from any genuine impossibility
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