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    It is not the case that Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations demonstrates that meaning arises from use within language games, not from intrinsic phonemic or graphic properties of signs.

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    • 1.Use-based theories struggle to explain how we understand novel sentences we've never encountered before in any language game.
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    • 2.Some signs (proper nouns, mathematical symbols) appear to have relatively stable meanings across different uses and contexts.
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    • 3.The claim presupposes we can identify what counts as 'use' without already invoking content or meaning to distinguish relevant from irrelevant uses.
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    • 1.The same word (e.g., 'bank') has different meanings in different contexts, proving meaning depends on use rather than inherent properties.
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    • 2.Children learn language by observing how words function in social practices, not by grasping intrinsic phonemic or graphic features.
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    • 3.Private sensation-words (e.g., 'pain') derive meaning from shared behavioral contexts, not from inner objects, supporting use-based accounts.
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