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    It is not the case that Wittgenstein's rule-following considerations establish that meaning-fixing must bottom out in practices, not further representations, or regress is guaranteed by over-semiotization.

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    • 1.Practices themselves require interpretation; rule-following in practice faces the same regress problem Wittgenstein identified.
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    • 2.Distinguishing 'practices' from 'representations' is unclear: all practices involve implicit representations of norms.
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    • 3.Some meanings (abstract mathematical truths) seem grounded in formal systems rather than human practices alone.
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    • 1.Infinite regress of interpretations arises when representations require further representations to fix meaning.
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    • 2.Practices exhibit self-certifying stability: shared behavior doesn't need external justification to ground meaning.
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    • 3.Wittgenstein's language-games show meaning emerges from embedded use-patterns, not abstract representational rules.
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