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    It is not the case that An appeal to conventions displaces rather than solves the problem of rule application, since what counts as the relevant convention is itself contested in practice.

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    • 1.Displaced problems aren't unsolved problems—conventions do resolve most rule applications successfully; dispute margins don't negate this.
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    • 2.Persistence of disagreement about conventions reflects cognitive limitations and interest conflicts, not that conventions fail to guide action.
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    • 3.The claim conflates semantic indeterminacy of conventions with their functional failure—shared conventions still coordinate behavior effectively.
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    • 1.Rule-following requires determining which convention applies, but the criteria for that determination are themselves rule-governed, creating regress.
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    • 2.Historical cases show communities genuinely dispute which conventions govern situations, e.g., property rights in commons or contract interpretation.
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    • 3.If conventions solved the problem, disagreements about rule application would decrease as conventions became more explicit, but they persist.
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