If meaning requires holistic confirmation via entire theoretical webs, then isolated verification criteria cannot adequately capture the semantic contribution of theoretical terms.

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Holistic confirmation(how theories are actually proven true or false): The idea that you can't confirm a single theory by itself—instead, whole groups of connected beliefs and assumptions get confirmed or rejected together as a package.
Semantic contribution(describing what names contribute to language): The meaning or role a word plays in communication—what it adds to the overall meaning of a sentence.
Verification criteria(the specific requirement positivists use to judge truth): The standards or rules used to decide whether a claim is actually true based on evidence or observation.
theoretical terms(Lewis's application to folk psychological vocabulary, drawing on Lewis 1970): Terms whose reference is fixed by the role they play within a theory — they denote whatever entities or kinds of entities uniquely realize that theory

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