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    Challenges→Indexicality does not imply non-rigidity

    An expression whose very semantic rule encodes context-sensitivity is non-rigid at the level that matters for semantic competence, even if its content is rigid at a world.

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    • 1.Semantic competence requires speakers to grasp how meaning varies across contexts, not just invariant truth conditions across worlds.
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    • 2.Rigidity at the world-level is compatible with non-rigidity at the competence level if competence involves mastering context-sensitivity rules.
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    • 3.Indexicals like 'I' and 'now' demonstrate that encoded context-sensitivity is precisely what competent speakers must understand to use expressions.
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    • 1.If content is genuinely rigid at the world-level, then what matters for semantic competence is grasping that rigid content, not derivation rules.
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    • 2.Distinguishing 'matters for competence' from 'matters for content' introduces an unexplained additional level beyond standard semantic theory.
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    • 3.Competence with context-sensitive expressions can be fully explained by rigid content plus general pragmatic principles about context application.
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