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A '''mediated reference theory''' is any [[semantic]] theory that posits that words refer to something in the external world, but insists that there is more to the meaning of a name than simply the object to which it refers. It thus stands opposed to the theory of [[direct reference]]. [[Gottlob Frege]] and [[Bertrand Russell]]{{Citation needed|reason=Gaskin 1997 in "Fregian Sense and Russellian Proposition" states "According to the so-called 'Direct Reference' or 'Russellian' theories of reference..."|date=July 2018}} are well-known advocates of mediated reference theories. Similar theories were widely held in the middle of the twentieth century by philosophers such as [[Peter Strawson]] and [[John Searle]].
Mediated reference theories are contrasted with theories of [[Direct reference theory|direct reference]]
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