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    It is not the case that If relevance is a pragmatic constraint on assertion rather than a semantic condition on validity, then Grice's maxims already handle apparent irrelevance without revising logic itself.

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    • 1.Grice's maxims describe what speakers do, not what makes assertions felicitous or what listeners rationally expect.
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    • 2.Some irrelevance violations block semantic content recovery itself—they're not mere pragmatic cooperative failures.
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    • 3.If relevance constraints are part of assertion's constitutive rules, they're semantic-pragmatic hybrids, not purely pragmatic.
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    • 1.Grice's maxims explain cooperative communication norms; irrelevance violations are pragmatic failures, not logical ones.
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    • 2.Logic concerns validity of inference structures; assertion contexts involve speaker intentions beyond logical form.
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    • 3.Distinguishing pragmatic from semantic constraints preserves classical logic while explaining actual language use.
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