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    Therefore the inference from 'requires linguistic compete... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→Only human agents have the relevant mental attitudes required for intentional action

    Therefore the inference from 'requires linguistic competence' to 'only humans qualify' conflates the vehicle of thought with its functional role.

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    • 1.Functional roles (representing propositions, inferring consequences) can be implemented in different physical substrates, not just biological brains.
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    • 2.A system instantiating the same computational or functional patterns exhibits the relevant cognitive capacity regardless of its material composition.
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    • 3.Confusing the medium (language, neurons) with the capacity (reasoning, understanding) leads to unfounded exclusions of non-human systems.
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    • 1.Linguistic competence may require embodied, evolutionary, and social development that only humans or biologically similar animals naturally possess.
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    • 2.Functional equivalence in isolated tasks doesn't guarantee the holistic, integrated competence that supports genuine linguistic understanding.
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    • 3.The distinction between vehicle and role assumes implementational independence, which may not hold for linguistic thought tied to human cognition.
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