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    It is not the case that Wittgenstein's rule-following considerations show that applying concepts tracks shared social responses, not evaluation-transcendent norms.

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    • 1.Shared responses can be mistaken; communities have historically agreed on objectively false empirical and logical truths.
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    • 2.Wittgenstein's critique targets private rule-following specifically, not all rule objectivity—leaving normative realism open.
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    • 3.Mathematical and logical rules appear evaluation-transcendent: no community consensus makes 2+2=5 correct, even collectively.
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    • 1.Rule-following requires criteria for correctness that cannot be found in private mental states or abstract platonism.
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    • 2.Wittgenstein's beetle-in-the-box argument shows that ostensive definitions gain meaning only through communal agreement.
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    • 3.Empirically, concept mastery develops through socialization; isolated individuals cannot establish stable rule applications.
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