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    It is not the case that If no private intention can by itself determine correct application of a rule, then intentions cannot be the operative factor in constituting linguistic convention.

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    • 1.The claim conflates 'determining application alone' with 'being operative'—intentions can causally drive behavior without determining it solo.
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    • 2.Conventions can emerge from and be constituted by shared intentions even if no single intention determines correctness independently of context.
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    • 3.Public criteria for rule-application ultimately depend on agents' shared interpretive intentions; eliminating intentions leaves constitution unexplained.
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    • 1.Private intentions are intrinsically subjective and inaccessible to others, so they cannot serve as public criteria for correct rule-following.
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    • 2.Linguistic conventions are necessarily social and intersubjective, requiring standards external to any individual's private mental states.
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    • 3.The problem of rule-following shows private intentions generate infinite interpretations, leaving no determinate fact about what was intended.
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