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    The inverted spectrum scenario is possible: Invert and Nonvert have the same representational properties (the banana looks yellow to both, the strawberries look red to both) despite having different qualia

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    Representational properties(philosophy of mind; contrasts with subjective experience)
    The objective facts about what something is or does—like 'a banana reflects yellow light wavelengths'—independent of how it feels to experience it.
    inverted spectrum(one of Chalmers's five arguments)
    The alleged possibility of having inverted qualia (e.g., color experiences) without any corresponding physical difference
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    On the Cartesian picture: intrinsic qualities of inner ideas of which subjects are directly aware, necessarily shared by internal duplicates regardless of environment. On wide representationalism: representational contents of inner states whose nature is partly externally determined

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    Assume that this scenario is possible (for an argument that it isn’t, see Sundström 2002 and Gibbons 2005; for a reply see Littlejohn 2009). The three features just mentioned are intended to support the view that this scenario is one in which, when Invert and Nonvert both look at the fruits depicted in figure 6, their experiences have the same representational properties. In particular (glossing over a complication to be discussed in subsection 3.3 below), the banana looks yellow to both Invert

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