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Farkas K. Semantic internalism and externalism. In: Lepore E, Smith BC, editors. The Oxford handbook of philosophy of language. Oxford: Oxford University Press; 2006. p. 323-40.
Semantic internalism and externalism
This paper introduces and analyses the doctrine of externalism about semantic content; discusses the Twin Earth argument for externalism and the assumptions behind it, and examines the question of whether externalism about content is compatible with a privileged knowledge of meanings and mental contents.