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    Challenges→Interpersonal comparisons of qualia do not make sense

    The verificationist dismissal thus proves too much, ruling out meaningful comparisons only by presupposing a non-functionalist, purely intrinsic conception of qualia.

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    • 1.Verificationism requires empirical testability, but qualia comparisons depend on introspective access that resists third-person verification.
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    • 2.Functionalism allows qualia identity across different physical substrates; intrinsic conceptions deny this, limiting meaningful comparison.
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    • 3.The verificationist objection assumes qualia are non-functional properties, an assumption it should justify rather than presuppose.
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    • 1.Functionalism itself faces the inverted spectrum problem: functionally identical states might have different intrinsic qualitative characters.
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    • 2.Calling an assumption 'presupposed' doesn't refute verificationism; it may simply identify where the burden of proof legitimately lies.
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    • 3.Even if verificationism assumes intrinsic qualia, this doesn't prove that assumption false—the argument may still validly dismiss unjustifiable comparisons.
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