This document discusses different views of semantics and the relationship between words and their meanings. It dismisses the view that words are simply names for objects in the world. While this view may apply to some nouns, it cannot account for other parts of speech like verbs, adjectives, and prepositions. The relationship between words and their meanings is more complex, as a single word can refer to abstract concepts, non-physical objects, and even different physical objects. Grammarians use terms like "abstract things" but the view that all words name objects in the world is an oversimplification that fails to explain the full complexity of language and semantics.