Methodology, not Metaphysics: Against Externalism

Collins, John (2009) Methodology, not Metaphysics: Against Externalism. Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society (Supplementary Volume), 83 (1). pp. 53-69.

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Abstract

Borg (2009) surveys and rejects a number of arguments in favour of semantic internalism. This paper, in turn, surveys and rejects all of Borg's anti-internalist arguments. My chief moral is that, properly conceived, semantic internalism is a methodological doctrine that takes its lead from current practice in linguistics. The unifying theme of internalist arguments, therefore, is that linguistics neither targets nor presupposes externalia. To the extent that this claim is correct, we should be internalists about linguistic phenomena, including semantics.

Item Type:	Article
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Arts and Humanities > School of Philosophy (former - to 2014)
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Research Groups > Philosophy
Depositing User:	EPrints Services
Date Deposited:	01 Oct 2010 13:58
Last Modified:	07 Nov 2023 01:41
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/10194
DOI:	10.1111/j.1467-8349.2009.00172.x

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