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In conclusion, who is right? Is meaning intensional or extensional? This may sound a little too pat, but the answer is that both approaches are needed: we need to know what words mean, in the system, and we need to know what they refer to, in the world. We can all use the term “string theory” in the context of quantum theory, for example, but only those with a PhD in mathematics or physics have any real idea of what it refers to.