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    Therefore, the normativity entailed by meaning is not the... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→Meaning is essentially normative (ME normativity).

    Therefore, the normativity entailed by meaning is not the thick, essential normativity the ME thesis requires but a thin derivative sense any descriptive standard can generate.

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    • 1.Normative force in meaning derives from conventional use-patterns, not intrinsic semantic essence, making it inherently thin and derivative.
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    • 2.Any standard (grammatical, statistical, descriptive) can generate normativity by establishing what counts as correct application within a practice.
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    • 3.The ME thesis requires unexplained metaphysical thickness that meaning-constitutive facts alone cannot provide without circularity.
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    • 1.Meaning's normative force distinguishes it fundamentally from arbitrary descriptive standards, suggesting thickness the argument dismisses too quickly.
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    • 2.A thin, derivative normativity cannot account for why violations of meaningful content matter normatively in ways statistical deviations do not.
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    • 3.The argument conflates the origin of normativity (derivative) with its metaphysical character (whether it is genuinely thick when operative).
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