E-LOGOS 2020, 27(2):57-70 | DOI: 10.18267/j.e-logos.479

In Defense of Semantic Externalism

Panu Raatikainen
Tampere University, Finland

The most popular and influential strategies used against semantic externalism and the causal theory of reference are critically examined. It is argued that upon closer scrutiny, none of them emerges as truly convincing.

Keywords: externalism, meaning, reference, natural kinds.

Received: July 27, 2020; Revised: July 27, 2020; Accepted: December 11, 2020; Prepublished online: December 30, 2020; Published: December 31, 2020  Show citation

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