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    LoyalLoyalJusticeJustice
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    It is not the case that A speaker can deviate from the communally established norm for a concept while still intending to deploy that very concept, constituting genuine misunderstanding.

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    • 1.Concepts are partly constituted by communal norms. Systematic deviation from established usage means you're picking out a different concept, not the same one differently.
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    • 2.Without appeal to shared norms, there's no principled way to distinguish genuine misunderstanding from idiosyncratic redefinition or semantic drift.
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    • 3.If a speaker's deviant usage succeeds in referring to the community's concept anyway, their deviation is irrelevant; if it fails, they've failed to deploy that concept.
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    • 1.Intention and reference can come apart: a speaker's sincere intention to discuss justice may remain constant even if their usage deviates from community standards.
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    • 2.Misunderstanding requires a breakdown in communication intent, not merely deviant usage. One can deviate while still aiming at the same referent others do.
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    • 3.Historical conceptual change shows communities once rejected what is now standard usage, yet speakers maintained continuous reference to the same underlying concept.
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