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    It is not the case that If aesthetic verdicts were thoroughly contextual, they could not function as judgments at all—they would collapse into mere reports of preference or cultural conditioning.

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    • 1.Context-dependent standards can still function as genuine standards; mathematical truth is context-relative yet remains evaluative.
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    • 2.Preference reports and judgments aren't mutually exclusive: judgments can be preferences informed by reasons within a context.
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    • 3.Disagreement survives contextualism if parties share enough framework; aesthetic dispute occurs within shared conventions, not outside them.
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    • 1.Judgments require standards transcending individual perspectives; pure contextuality eliminates evaluative criteria altogether.
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    • 2.If aesthetic claims merely report preferences, disagreement becomes impossible—we cannot debate taste, only catalog it.
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    • 3.The distinction between judgment and preference depends on objectivity; thoroughgoing contextualism erases this distinction.
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