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    It is not the case that Wittgenstein's rule-following considerations show that meaning can be grounded in forms of life rather than in an infinite chain of interpretive signs.

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    • 1.Forms of life vary across cultures and time; if meaning depends on them, meaning becomes radically relative with no objective grounding.
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    • 2.Practices themselves require interpretation to be applied correctly; 'forms of life' only pushes the problem back without solving it.
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    • 3.Some meaningful statements (counterfactuals, unobservable physics) transcend any actual form of life; they cannot be grounded behaviorally.
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    • 1.Infinite regress of interpretations is inescapable if meaning requires prior meanings to explain it; grounding in practices breaks this cycle.
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    • 2.Humans successfully coordinate behavior through shared practices without explicit rule-following; this shows practices ground meaning independently.
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    • 3.Forms of life are empirically observable regularities; they provide a naturalistic foundation for meaning without mysterious abstract objects.
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