Quine and Putnam's critique of semantic indeterminacy concedes that underdetermination of theory by data does not entail that no fact of the matter exists about the phenomenon itself.

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Critique/critique of(as describing Quine and Putnam's challenge to the idea): A careful analysis that points out problems or limitations in someone else's argument or theory.
Entail(In logical reasoning and argumentation): To logically follow or guarantee as a necessary consequence; if something is true, what does it force to also be true?
Fact of the matter(whether there is a definitive fact determining correct interpretation): An objective truth that exists independently—something that is actually the case, rather than a matter of opinion or interpretation.
Quine and Putnam(as philosophers whose work is being discussed): Willard Van Orman Quine and Hilary Putnam were 20th-century American philosophers who made major contributions to how we think about meaning, language, and knowledge. They're being cited here because they both challenged the idea that we can always pin down exact meanings.

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