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    Challenges→The reflexive (utterance-bound) content of an utterance is not the proposition expressed, but rather a set of conditions on the utterance and the proposition it expresses, with quantification over all relevant factors not determined by meaning.

    The supporting argument's premise that undetermined factors must enter the reflexive content begs the question against minimalism by assuming rich context-dependence at the level of what is said.

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    Key Terms

    Context-dependence(in philosophy of language)
    The idea that the meaning of something changes depending on the situation, who's speaking, when it's said, and other surrounding details.
    Minimalism(one of the theoretical frameworks mentioned)
    A philosophical approach that tries to explain something using as few assumptions or principles as possible.
    Premise
    A premise is a statement or fact that you assume to be true as a starting point for reasoning or making an argument. Think of it as the foundation or building block you use to reach a conclusion—for example, "All dogs are animals" and "My pet is a dog" are premises that lead to the conclusion "My pet is an animal." Premises are essentially the evidence or claims you offer before drawing a final conclusion.
    Reflexive content(as used in philosophy of mind and semantics)
    The meaning that a thought or statement has when it refers back to itself or depends on its own context.

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    Undetermined factors(in this philosophical debate about meaning)
    Things that aren't fixed or decided yet; elements that could go different ways depending on circumstances.
    begs the question(Informal fallacy in epistemic justification)
    A circular argument in which warrant for the premises already presupposes the truth of the conclusion
    what is said(Contrasted with 'semantic content' in the literalist/minimalist framework)
    The contextually relevant proposition an ordinary speaker would identify as the content of an utterance; treated by Cappelen and Lepore as a pragmatic concept rather than a semantic one.

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