The alternative would be either a language which has no meaning, which isn't the case,
or a language in which we don't refer to objects in the external world, but only to our images of them.
( Comma, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 20:04, archived)

I think we form a concept of objects in the external world from our images of them,
and then refer to that, because two people might have completely different views of an object, but they still know what each other are talking about.
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 20:07, archived)