  A common realist response to the argument is to question whether the differences in language use which are assumed in Hare’s scenario really do rule out co-reference. Whether it does is a metasemantical question. On a metasemantical view which potentially vindicates Hare’s contention, we interpret the referential terms of a speaker correctly only if we assign referents “charitably”. An assignment is charitable in the relevant sense if, given the assignment, most or many of the speaker’s ascriptions of the terms come out true (e.g., Davidson 1973; and Lewis 1983). On that view, it does indeed seem hard to reconcile co-reference with a lack of convergence or agreement regarding how a term of the pertinent kind is to be applied. However, the charity-based approach is challenged by other metasemantical positions, including those which take the reference of at least some terms to be determined in ways that allow for more error. By invoking such a position, a realist could potentially deny Hare’s conclusion that the speakers in his scenario use “good” to refer (if at all) to different properties.