Five Puzzles for Externalism about Mental Content
Jason Ford
University of Minnesota, Duluth
In this paper, I offer five thought experiments (all
variations on the thought experiments that originally motivated externalism
about mental content) which reveal puzzling aspects of the externalist
position. Not only are we uncertain about what the externalist should say
about these cases, I contend that there are no unproblematic responses
available. I then offer a brief diagnosis of what I believe to be the
underlying tension between externalism and internalism, and an even briefer
statement of how I think the conflict should be resolved.
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