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    It is not the case that A premise deemed irrelevant in one dialectical context may provide genuine but insufficient support in another, meaning the categories are not intrinsically distinct but context-dependent.

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    • 1.Context-dependence presupposes underlying logical structures (validity, sufficiency) that remain invariant across contexts—not truly context-dependent.
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    • 2.Claiming all categories are context-dependent is self-undermining: the distinction between 'relevant' and 'irrelevant' itself becomes meaningless.
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    • 3.Some premises (e.g., logical contradictions) remain intrinsically invalid regardless of dialectical context, contradicting pure context-dependence.
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    • 1.Relevance fundamentally depends on shared conversational goals; what supports a medical diagnosis differs from what supports moral judgment.
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    • 2.Historical analysis shows the same evidence (e.g., economic data) treated as irrelevant or decisive depending on theoretical framework employed.
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    • 3.If categories were intrinsically distinct, we couldn't explain why experts reasonably disagree on premise status within identical debate content.
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