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    It is not the case that If every apparent counterexample to substitutional sufficiency resolves into an enthymeme, the additional criterion tracks background assumptions rather than a genuinely distinct validity relation.

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    • 1.Some counterexamples resist enthymematic resolution because they involve genuine structural gaps that no background assumption can bridge.
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    • 2.Tracking background assumptions is legitimate work for logic—distinguishing formal validity from material validity is itself a meaningful distinction.
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    • 3.The claim assumes 'genuinely distinct validity relation' requires independence from context, but validity relations can be context-sensitive yet real.
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    • 1.Enthymemes are definitionally unstated premises, so finding hidden premises doesn't reveal new logical structure—only makes explicit what already existed.
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    • 2.If an additional criterion only captures what competent speakers already assume, it's descriptive of conventions rather than normative of logical validity.
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    • 3.Substitutional sufficiency alone explains all valid inferences; post-hoc background criteria risk infinite regress of unstated assumptions.
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