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Several theories explain the result.
There are various theories explaining why.
Rather, theories explain facts.
There are many theories explaining its origin.
As noted above, not all foundational theories of meaning attempt to explain meaning in terms of mental content.
All non-mentalist foundational theories of meaning attempt to explain the meanings of expressions in terms of their use.
Semantic theories thus answer the question, 'What is the meaning of this or that expression?' A distinct sort of theory a foundational theory of meaning tries to explain what about some person or group gives the symbols of their language the meanings that they have.
Just so, semantic theories and foundational theories of meaning are, pretty clearly, different sorts of theories.
Accordingly, one sort of approach to foundational theories of meaning is simply to deny that there is any true foundational theory of meaning.
To see the distinction between semantic theories and foundational theories of meaning, it may help to consider an analogous one.
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