Disquotational schemas

Let me comment on these steps in reverse order. The disquotational schemas mentioned in Step 3 are of the following form ... 

In the previous chapter I described in some detail how reference is fixed. There are simple sentences associated with each word which are responsible for its reference. Once we know the truth conditions of these sentences, the reference of a word is given by disquotational schemas. The truth conditions of these sentences are identical with their justification conditions. In the final analysis, reference is fixed by justification conditions. However, some justification conditions are inadequate, they are not conducive to truth in other words, they fail as truth conditions. What these inadequate justification conditions determine is relative reference the sort of reference we attribute to users of inadequate conceptual schemes when we give rationalizing explanation of their behavior. As to adequate justification conditions, we cannot do better than to identify them with our current justification conditions. Our current justification conditions may turn out to be inadequate. But we must take what we have. 

Step 3 From the truth of these sentences you get the reference of the word by a disquotational schema. 

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