 The meaning holist thus can argue that both atomism and molecularism about meaning face serious  problems.[11]  However, unlike the direct arguments, which can establish meaning holism in virtue of giving a substantive account of meaning, indirect arguments typically just make holism seem more plausible by ruling out some of the major alternatives. In particular, meaning holism in the sense focused on here isn’t simply entailed by the denial of atomism and molecularism. The denial of atomism and molecularism leads to, at best, the following view: