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    It is not the case that The question of what the perceptual properties of the Mona Lisa are, when two instances differ markedly in perceptual properties, is answerable

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    • 1.The Mona Lisa is a singular autographic work where identity is constituted by the original physical object, not a type with multiple legitimate instances.
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    • 2.Goodman's autographic/allographic distinction entails that no second 'instance' of the Mona Lisa exists—only forgeries or reproductions lacking ontological parity with the original.
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    • 3.Without genuine co-equal instances, the comparative reference-point method cannot resolve perceptual indeterminacy, since there is only one object whose properties are at issue.
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    • 1.Privileging the first instance as the reference point arbitrarily designates one historically contingent perceptual state as normative over equally valid later states.
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    • 2.Cleaning, aging, and restoration alter the Mona Lisa's perceptual properties in ways that may better approximate Leonardo's intent than the earliest surviving state does.
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    • 3.A reference-point standard grounded in chronological priority rather than authorial intention or optimal condition cannot adjudicate perceptual disputes without begging the normative question.
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    • 1.The Mona Lisa can be treated as analogous to an etching
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    • 2.For an etching, the first instance serves as a reference point against which other instances are measured
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    • 3.Taking the first instance as a reference point resolves indeterminacy among differing instances
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