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    It is not the case that Therefore, that Languages I and II have intended readings does not entail their governing metalanguage employs genuinely semantic concepts in the post-Tarskian sense.

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    • 1.If a metalanguage genuinely explains how Languages I and II have intended readings, it must employ semantic concepts or reduce to them.
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    • 2.Post-Tarskian semantics (reference, truth-conditions, satisfaction) are indispensable for distinguishing intended from unintended readings.
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    • 3.Denying the metalanguage uses genuine semantics risks collapsing into anti-realism about the intended readings themselves.
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    • 1.Intended readings can arise from syntactic/pragmatic conventions without requiring post-Tarskian semantic concepts like satisfaction.
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    • 2.A metalanguage can describe I and II's interpretability using purely structural or computational resources, not semantic primitives.
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    • 3.The post-Tarskian framework presupposes realism about semantic properties that syntactic substitutes can accomplish without.
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