At this point an objection may occur to the reader.

In the earlier argument of this paper a distinction was drawn between the thing of common sense, and the presentations appearing to Smith or Jones.

The subsequent argument, it may seem, tends to suggest the abolition of this distinction.

Is not thinghood part of the meaning of sense presenta- tions? The objection thus stated requires a closer analysis of the implica- tions of meaning.

Meaning in much psychological writing is wrapped in impenetrable obscurity.