Semantic Externalism.
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 im...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Taylor and Francis,
2011
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| Summary: | 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. Beg. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (282 pages) |
| Bibliography: | BibliographyIndex. |
| ISBN: | 9781136819438 1136819436 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
