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    Challenges→Consciousness falls outside the scope of negation.

    The performative self-refutation argument assumes that negation must be phenomenally conscious, but functionalist and eliminativist accounts allow negation as a non-phenomenal computational state.

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    Computational state(in philosophy of mind and cognitive science)
    The specific condition or configuration of a computer or computer-like system at a particular moment in time.
    Non-phenomenal(as used in philosophy of mind)
    Something that is not directly experienced or felt, but happens behind the scenes—like the hidden calculations a calculator does when you press a button.
    Performative self-refutation(as used in logic and argumentation)
    When the act of saying something proves that what you said is false—like saying 'I can't speak English' in perfect English.
    Phenomenally conscious(as used in philosophy of mind)
    Something that you can directly experience or feel in your mind, like seeing red or feeling pain.
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    (Lewis was an eliminativist about religion, contrasting with his compatibilism in other domains)
    The position that the entities or concepts in question do not exist or should be rejected from one's ontology
    functionalism(Philosophy of mind; distinguished here from representationalism)
    The view that mental states are defined by the causal roles they play in a cognitive system — their actual, potential, or typical causal relationships.
    negation(Standard truth conditions for logical negation, used as the basis for arguments against dialetheism)
    ¬A is true if and only if A is not true

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