¥It is important to distinguish two
different relationships between a name and a thing.
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¥ÔaccessesÕ, meaning
that the name provides a causal pathway to the thing, mediated by the
Web.
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¥ÔdenotesÕ or Ôrefers
toÕ, meaning that the name is being used to mention the
thing.
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¥WebArch uses ÔidentifiesÕ to mean
both or either of these, apparently in the belief that they are
synonyms. But they are not, and to think of them as being the same is to be profoundly
confused. A great deal of the muddle we now find ourselves in can
be directly traced to this confusion.
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