Quote: meaning vs. reference is wrongly conceived because can't speak about the meaning of a denoting phrase; 'the meaning of "C"' == 'C'

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But the difficulty which confronts us is that … being one and the same; also that the … one phrase C was to have both meaning … (if any) of the denotation. … Thus in order to get the meaning we … which is the same as 'C' by itself. … The difficulty in speaking of the meaning of … the proposition is about the denotation; and if … is the meaning (if any) of the denotation, … [p. 207] This is an inextricable tangle and seems …   Google-1   Google-2

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