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    Challenges→Dynamic semantics reverses the explanatory priorities of classical static semantic theories

    If context change potentials are systematically definable from truth-conditional content, dynamic semantics reduces to an extension of static theory, not a reversal of its priorities.

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    Extension of static theory(as used in philosophy of language)
    A view that dynamic semantics is just adding extra features on top of traditional semantic theory, rather than completely replacing it with something fundamentally different.
    Static theory(as used in philosophy of language)
    A traditional approach to language meaning that treats each sentence's meaning as fixed and complete on its own, independent of how it affects other statements or the conversation flow.
    Truth-conditional content(in semantics and philosophy of language)
    The meaning of a sentence defined by the specific conditions under which that sentence would be true or false.
    context change potentials(The central theoretical construct of dynamic semantics)
    The semantic values assigned to sentences under dynamic approaches; roughly, instructions for updating the context or discourse

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    dynamic semantics(Contrasted with other alternatives to classical semantics)
    A semantic framework that can be thought of as an extension or generalization of classical semantics, employing modified versions of classical semantic machinery rather than rejecting its core features

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