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    It is not the case that Token identity theory still requires principled criteria for individuating mental events as the same event redescribed physically, not merely correlated.

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    • 1.All identity relations require background criteria; the demand for token identity criteria assumes an unreasonably high epistemic standard.
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    • 2.Causal-historical criteria successfully individuate mental events; token identity theory already possesses implicit principled criteria through causation.
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    • 3.The 'principled criteria' demand conflates metaphysical identity with epistemological verification—identity may be determinate without explicit criteria.
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    • 1.Identity claims require criteria distinguishing genuine identity from mere correlation; token physicalism lacks such principled criteria.
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    • 2.Without individuation principles, we cannot determine if one mental event is identical to or merely correlated with one physical event.
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    • 3.Physics allows multiple realizable physical descriptions; mental event identity demands principled selection among physically equivalent realizations.
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