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    It is not the case that Wittgenstein's later work shows that meaning is constituted by use in context, making ambiguity resolution a pragmatic achievement, not a logical prerequisite.

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    • 1.Use-based meaning cannot fully explain how novel utterances are understood; pragmatics alone cannot ground systematic compositionality.
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    • 2.Some ambiguities resist pragmatic resolution despite shared context; logical structure must partially constrain possible interpretations.
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    • 3.Calling ambiguity resolution 'pragmatic' rather than 'logical' may conflate explanation levels; pragmatics itself relies on underlying semantic rules.
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    • 1.Language games show that identical words have different meanings across contexts; 'bank' differs in financial vs. river contexts.
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    • 2.Communication succeeds daily despite logical ambiguity; speakers resolve meaning through shared practices, not prior logical clarity.
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    • 3.The Tractatus assumption that meaning requires fixed logical structure failed; this motivates the pragmatic turn in later Wittgenstein.
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