Direction of fit

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The technical term direction of fit is used to describe the distinctions that are offered by two related pairs of opposing terms:^{[citation needed]}

• The more general set of mind-to-world (i.e., mind-to-fit-world, not from-mind-to-world) vs. world-to-mind^{[citation needed]} (i.e., world-to-fit-mind) used by philosophers of mind,^[who?] and
• The narrower, more specific set, word-to-world^[1] (i.e., word-to-fit-world) vs. world-to-word ^{[citation needed]} (i.e., world-to-fit-word) used by advocates of speech act theory such as John Searle.