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  • curprev 23:0723:07, 8 February 2023Bacchus talk contribs 980 bytes +980 Created page with "A '''direct reference theory''' is a theory of language that claims that the meaning of a word or expression lies in what it points out in the world. The object denoted by a word is called its referent. Criticisms of this position are often associated with Ludwig Wittgenstein. In the 19th century, mathematician and philosopher Gottlob Frege argued against it, and contrasted it with mediated reference theory. In 1953, with his Philosophical Investigations, Wittgen..."