Any view claiming that to analyze a certain phenomenon reference must be made to something outside a certain sphere within which the phenomenon might have been thought to be confined.
In particular, externalism appears in certain analyses of mental notions such as belief and knowledge. An externalist view of belief holds, for example, that one can only believe that King Arthur ruled Britain if King Arthur at least existed, and perhaps also was causally connected to the believer (see causal theories of reference).
Otherwise, one’s state of mind cannot be that belief but something else; for example, that the sentence ‘King Arthur ruled Britain’ (which does exist) says something true.
An externalist view of knowledge holds that to count as knowing something one must be suitably related (for example causally: see also causal theory of knowledge) to the thing or fact in question. Externalist theories are often subdivided into strong and weak versions, and so on, in various ways.
Also see: internalism
Source:
C McGinn, Mental Content (1989), especially part 1; with review by D Owens in Mind (1990), externalism about belief and thinking
Table of Contents
- 1 Videos
- 2 Related Products
- 2.1 Normative Externalism
- 2.2 My Externalism
- 2.3 Justification without Awareness: A Defense of Epistemic Externalism
- 2.4 Epistemic Justification: Internalism vs. Externalism, Foundations vs. Virtues
- 2.5 Epistemology: Internalism and Externalism
- 2.6 Internalism and Externalism in Semantics and Epistemology
- 2.7 The Online Self: Externalism, Friendship and Games (Philosophy of Engineering and Technology, 25)
- 2.8 European Travel Plug Adapter, FOVAL EU/UK/US Power Strip with USB C and 4 USB Ports, 3 AC Outlets, Wall Mountable, 5ft Extension Cord, Compact for Travel, Cruise Ship, Home Office
- 2.9 The Externalism Tape [Explicit]
- 2.10 The Possibility of Altruism
Videos
Normative Externalism
- Hardcover Book
- Weatherson, Brian (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 272 Pages - 05/19/2019 (Publication Date) - Oxford University Press (Publisher)
Justification without Awareness: A Defense of Epistemic Externalism
- Bergmann, Michael (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 252 Pages - 03/25/2009 (Publication Date) - Oxford University Press (Publisher)
Epistemic Justification: Internalism vs. Externalism, Foundations vs. Virtues
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- BonJour, Laurence (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 250 Pages - 04/22/2003 (Publication Date) - Wiley-Blackwell (Publisher)
Epistemology: Internalism and Externalism
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- English (Publication Language)
- 280 Pages - 10/08/2001 (Publication Date) - Wiley-Blackwell (Publisher)
Internalism and Externalism in Semantics and Epistemology
- Hardcover Book
- English (Publication Language)
- 312 Pages - 12/07/2007 (Publication Date) - Clarendon Press (Publisher)
The Online Self: Externalism, Friendship and Games (Philosophy of Engineering and Technology, 25)
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- Hongladarom, Soraj (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 181 Pages - 08/09/2016 (Publication Date) - Springer (Publisher)
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The Possibility of Altruism
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- Nagel, Thomas (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 151 Pages - 11/22/2016 (Publication Date) - Princeton University Press (Publisher)
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