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Full Idea
A good part of the confidence people have that there are meanings rests on the confusion of meaning and reference.
Gist of Idea
People presume meanings exist because they confuse meaning and reference
Source
Alex Orenstein (W.V. Quine [2002], Ch.6)
Book Ref
Orenstein,Alex: 'W.V. Quine' [Princeton 2002], p.121
A Reaction
An important point. Everyone assumes that sentences link to the world, but Frege shows that that is not part of meaning. Words like prepositions and conjunctions ('to', 'and') don't have 'a meaning' apart from their function and use.