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    Meaningful expressions have semantic correctness conditions. — Carmelics
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    Meaningful expressions have semantic correctness conditions.

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    Having semantic correctness conditions is part of the very concept of meaning.Meaning is essentially normative (ME normativity).The notion of semantic correctness is an essentially normative notion.

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    (CM) can hardly be challenged: Meaningful expressions have semantic correctness conditions. Of course, there is some controversy as to how these correctness conditions are to be construed, whether the basic notion of semantic correctness is that of truth or warranted assertability, for instance. However, it cannot be questioned that some notion of semantic correctness is required. This, indeed, seems to be part of the very concept of meaning. If, therefore, the notion of semantic correctness is

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