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    A speaker can systematically misapply a term from desire ... — Carmelics
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    Supports→Whiting's defense of semantic obligations via the possibility of criticizing a speaker who misapplies an expression out of mere desire is not convincing

    A speaker can systematically misapply a term from desire while still violating the correctness conditions constitutive of that term's semantic content.

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    • 1.Semantic content is constituted by correctness conditions independent of any speaker's dispositions or intentions.
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    • 2.Systematic misapplication occurs when usage patterns consistently deviate from those constitutive correctness conditions.
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    • 3.A speaker can be disposed to misuse a term while grasping its semantic content through community standards.
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    • 1.If correctness conditions constitutively determine semantic content, violating them means using a different content altogether.
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    • 2.Systematic misapplication suggests the speaker's term has acquired new correctness conditions through their practice.
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    • 3.There is no principled distinction between 'violating' versus 'transforming' a term's semantic content through use.
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