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    It is not the case that Without distinguishing perceptual preference from epistemic expectation, the paradigm cannot establish that infants possess a concept of solidity.

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    • 1.Systematic violation-of-expectation responses to solidity breaches across diverse contexts suggest conceptual grasp, not mere perceptual preference.
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    • 2.The distinction between perceptual preference and epistemic expectation may be philosophically unclear; behavioral consistency alone can ground conceptual attribution.
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    • 3.Infants demonstrate transfer of solidity understanding to novel objects and situations, suggesting abstract concept rather than stimulus-bound response.
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    • 1.Infants show surprise at objects passing through barriers, but surprise requires only expectation, not conceptual understanding of solidity.
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    • 2.Perceptual preferences (looking longer) can result from novelty detection alone, which doesn't entail grasping the concept of impenetrability.
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    • 3.Without language or explicit reasoning, we cannot definitively distinguish whether infants represent solidity as a property or merely track visual continuity.
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