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Semantic externalism

In the philosophy of language, semantic externalism (the opposite of semantic internalism) is the view that the meaning of a term is determined, in whole or in part, by factors external to the speaker. According to an externalist position, one can claim without contradiction that two speakers could be in exactly the same brain state at the time of an…

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Semantic externalism → Alongside Putnam, Although, Hilary Putnam, His Twin Earth, Meaning, Putnam, Putnam's, Saul Kripke, The, The Meaning, Tyler Burge
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Semantic externalism → Ideational

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