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    It is not the case that The supporting argument conflates having a complete phenomenal idea of X with having sufficient epistemic access to X to ground necessary truths about it.

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    • 1.Phenomenal access to X constitutes direct epistemic access; denying this requires explaining what further access could mean.
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    • 2.Necessary truths about phenomenal properties ARE grounded in their phenomenal character—they're not separate facts requiring different access.
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    • 3.The distinction between 'complete phenomenal idea' and 'sufficient epistemic access' may be conceptually unclear or artificial.
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    • 1.Phenomenal ideas provide subjective content, but grounding necessary truths requires objective modal facts independent of experience.
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    • 2.Complete acquaintance with how something appears differs fundamentally from understanding why it must be that way.
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    • 3.The conflation illegitimately moves from 'I can fully imagine X' to 'I can thereby know X's essential properties.
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