 A similar objection to Gibbard’s view is outlined in Hattiangadi (2018). According to Hattiangadi, a Gibbard-style expressivist account of moral claims, for example, aims to give an “oblique” explanation of them in terms of the states of mind they express (rather than a “straight” explanation in terms of (moral) states of affairs which potentially render them true). But such an oblique explanation in the moral case presupposes a straight explanation of intentionality. In parallel, an oblique explanation of meaning and intentionality would presuppose a straight explanation of meaning and intentionality, again threatening the view with incoherence. In a reply to Hattiangadi, Gibbard reflects on the strategy of the metaethical expressivist and attempts to use it to counter Hattiangadi’s worry. He writes: