Introduction 1. Descriptivism 2. Referentialism 3. From Language to Thought 4. Narrow or Wide Content 5. Self-Knowledge 6. Scepticism 7. Mental Causation. Glossary. Notes. Bibliography. Index
Jesper Kallestrup is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. He is the editor (with Jakob Hohwy) of Being Reduced: New Essays on Explanation and Causation in the Special Sciences (2008), and he has published articles in, among others, Australasian Journal of Philosophy, Analysis, Philosophical Studies, Synthese, American Philosophical Quarterly and Philosophy and Phenomenological Research.
"Kallestrup offers a timely field guide to one of the most active
areas of philosophy … This book could serve as a core text for
philosophy of mind or philosophy of language, and also as a survey
of recent analytic philosophy." – CHOICE"… Kallestrup's book
provides an admirably detailed and theoretically engaged guide to
the state of the debate on semantic externalism. A seminar devoted
to working through the book along with the excellent
bibliographical suggestions would put graduate students or advanced
undergraduates in a position to understand the broad sweep of this
important philosophical discussion." – Laura Schroeter, University
of Melbourne, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews"Kallestrup's
excellent book is a must-read for students interested in
externalist accounts of mind and language. It covers all of the
central topics: the various arguments for externalist views, the
varieties of such views, and their far-reaching semantic and
epistemic implications. It also manages to do so in a lively,
engaging way that students will find a joy to read." - Sanford
Goldberg, Northwestern University, USA"The only book-length
introduction to one of the central debates in the philosophy of
mind in the last forty years. Considerations about externalism have
now become firmly embedded in many topics in the philosophy of mind
and language, and Kallestrup's carefully organised exposition will
enable readers to handle the often difficult and abstract subject
matter with ease and confidence." - Katalin Farkas, Central
European University, Hungary"A clear, concise survey of the complex
literature on semantic externalism, that also provides a genuine
contribution to the contemporary debate. Kallestrup carefully
distinguishes the various versions of externalism, assesses the
arguments for and against, and spells out the implications for
self-knowledge, skepticism and mental causation. An invaluable
guide to teaching, while at the same time deserving serious
attention by the scholar." - Åsa Wikforss, Stockholm University,
Sweden
"Kallestrup offers a timely field guide to one of the most active
areas of philosophy … This book could serve as a core text for
philosophy of mind or philosophy of language, and also as a survey
of recent analytic philosophy." – CHOICE"… Kallestrup's book
provides an admirably detailed and theoretically engaged guide to
the state of the debate on semantic externalism. A seminar devoted
to working through the book along with the excellent
bibliographical suggestions would put graduate students or advanced
undergraduates in a position to understand the broad sweep of this
important philosophical discussion." – Notre Dame Philosophical
Reviews"Kallestrup's excellent book is a must-read for students
interested in externalist accounts of mind and language. It covers
all of the central topics: the various arguments for externalist
views, the varieties of such views, and their far-reaching semantic
and epistemic implications. It also manages to do so in a lively,
engaging way that students will find a joy to read." - Sanford
Goldberg, Northwestern University, USA"The only book-length
introduction to one of the central debates in the philosophy of
mind in the last forty years. Considerations about externalism have
now become firmly embedded in many topics in the philosophy of mind
and language, and Kallestrup's carefully organised exposition will
enable readers to handle the often difficult and abstract subject
matter with ease and confidence." - Katalin Farkas, Central
European University, Hungary"A clear, concise survey of the complex
literature on semantic externalism, that also provides a genuine
contribution to the contemporary debate. Kallestrup carefully
distinguishes the various versions of externalism, assesses the
arguments for and against, and spells out the implications for
self-knowledge, skepticism and mental causation. An invaluable
guide to teaching, while at the same time deserving serious
attention by the scholar." - Åsa Wikforss, Stockholm University,
Sweden
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