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Semantic Externalism (Hardcover)
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Semantic Externalism (Hardcover)
Series: New Problems of Philosophy
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Semantic externalism is the view that the meanings of referring
terms, and the contents of beliefs that are expressed by those
terms, are not fully determined by factors internal to the speaker
but are instead bound up with the environment. The debate about
semantic externalism is one of the most important but difficult
topics in philosophy of mind and language, and has consequences for
our understanding of the role of social institutions and the
physical environment in constituting language and the mind. In this
long-needed book, Jesper Kallestrup provides an invaluable map of
the problem. Beginning with a thorough introduction to the theories
of descriptivism and referentialism and the work of Frege and
Kripke, Kallestrup moves on to analyse Putnam's Twin Earth
argument, Burge's arthritis argument and Davidson's Swampman
argument. He also discusses how semantic externalism is at the
heart of important topics such as indexical thoughts,
epistemological skepticism, self-knowledge, and mental causation.
Including chapter summaries, a glossary of terms, and an annotated
guide to further reading, Semantic Externalism an ideal guide for
students studying philosophy of language and philosophy of mind.
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