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    It is not the case that Wittgenstein's private language argument shows that meaning requires public criteria of correctness that no solitary mind can self-supply.

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    • 1.A solitary mind can self-supply criteria by distinguishing phenomenologically between consistent and inconsistent introspective judgments.
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    • 2.Public criteria presuppose individuals already grasp meaning; Wittgenstein's argument trades on question-begging about language acquisition.
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    • 3.Mathematical and logical proofs are meaningful and self-correcting without requiring external audiences; formality supplies its own criteria.
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    • 1.Meaning requires distinguishing correct from incorrect applications; a solitary mind cannot objectively validate its own rule-following.
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    • 2.Language evolved as a social practice; private sensation-labeling lacks the public consensus that stabilizes linguistic meaning.
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    • 3.Without external correction, subjective certainty about rule-following is indistinguishable from actually following a rule correctly.
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