If counterexamples can succeed by semantic transparency rather than structural analysis, the demarcation of logical constants is a post-hoc theoretical artifact, not a presupposition.
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The special expressions whose meanings must be fixed in order to evaluate the formal validity of an inference or the truth of a logical truth.
presupposition(Used to distinguish conditions required for an obligation from the grounds of the obligation)
A necessary condition for something (such as an obligation) that is not itself part of the ground of that thing
semantic transparency(Attributed to linguistic expressions of facts in the slingshot argument)
A property of linguistic expressions such that co-referring terms or logically equivalent expressions can be substituted salva veritate, enabling Fregean substitution arguments.