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    Challenges→The social and pragmatic factors determining logical choice (Carnap's principle of tolerance) indicate conventionality, not a priori necessity.

    Conventionality requires that alternatives are genuinely equivalent; yet different logics make incompatible claims about truth-values, suggesting real disagreement, not mere choice.

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    Genuinely equivalent(as used in logic and decision theory)
    Truly the same in all important ways; interchangeable without any real difference in outcome or meaning.
    Incompatible claims(as what reason proves despite their logical contradiction)
    Statements that directly contradict each other and cannot both be true at the same time.
    Logic (different logics)(as used in philosophy of logic)
    A system of rules for reasoning about what's true and false; different logics are alternative rule-systems that can reach different conclusions from the same starting information.
    Real disagreement (vs. mere choice)(as used in metaphysics and epistemology)
    A genuine conflict about how things actually are in the world, as opposed to people simply picking different options that are equally valid.

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    Truth-values(logic and semantics)
    Whether a statement is true or false—the two possible truth-values are 'true' and 'false.'
    conventionality(describes how coordinate systems are chosen by convention, not determined by physics)
    The quality of being based on human agreement or choice rather than on something forced by nature.

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