Meaning consists in the behavior an event would promote

Evidence

Broadly: a sentence S ‘means’ an event E if it promotes behaviour which E would have promoted. If there has in fact been no such occurrence, the sentence is false. Just the same applies to a belief which is not expressed in words. — Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, 2928

Categorization

• DEFINE: Russell’s behavioral analysis of ‘meaning’ and ‘significance’.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, 2928