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| Externalism, philosophy: the thesis that the meanings of the words partially depend on our environment; a) by the influence of the language community (use theory), b) the possibility or impossibility to ever come into contact with objects to refer to them (reference, acquaintance). See also twin earth, anti-individualism, circumstances._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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A. Danto on Externalism - Dictionary of Arguments
I 182f Externalism/Nietzsche: Knowledge describes the way living beings of a certain species imagine the world. >Knowledge, cf. >Internalism, >Imagination. Internalism/Descartes: Knowledge is something to be sought from a point of view within consciousness and its preconditions. >Consciousness, >Inside/outside. I 184 Externalism: lives in a world in which sensory stimuli rain down on us. >Stimuli, >Sensory impressions. I 185 Internalism: the very existence of what the externalist takes as certain is the deepest problem of all, namely whether there is a world outside of us. >World, >World/thinking, >Reality. Internalism, however, brings out certain structural features of the nature of the idea in the first place. >Nature._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Danto I A. C. Danto Connections to the World - The Basic Concepts of Philosophy, New York 1989 German Edition: Wege zur Welt München 1999 Danto III Arthur C. Danto Nietzsche as Philosopher: An Original Study, New York 1965 German Edition: Nietzsche als Philosoph München 1998 Danto VII A. C. Danto The Philosophical Disenfranchisement of Art (Columbia Classics in Philosophy) New York 2005 |
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Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2024-04-19