Externalism about content: Its social and its physical roots

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ID Serval
serval:BIB_24297
Type
Article: article d'un périodique ou d'un magazine.
Collection
Publications
Institution
Titre
Externalism about content: Its social and its physical roots
Périodique
Filosoficky Casopis
Auteur⸱e⸱s
Esfeld M
ISSN
0015-1831
Statut éditorial
Publié
Date de publication
2002
Volume
50
Numéro
3
Pages
387-400
Langue
anglais
Résumé
Externalism about content is the view that the social and / or the physical environment contributes to determining the content of the beliefs of a person. The strongest argument for social externalism derives from the rule-following considerations that motivate a social theory of conceptual content. The best argument for physical externalism goes back to Putnam's twin earth thought experiment. The aim of this paper is to point out that these two sorts of externalism give contradictory accounts of what determines the conceptual content of our beliefs and individuates them. According to physical externalism, the physical environment is sufficient to perform that task owing to suitable causal relations. According to social externalism, the conceptual content of our beliefs is determined by us owing to certain social practices. Possible strategies to reconcile both these accounts are considered.
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