II—Methodology, not Metaphysics: Against Semantic Externalism |
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Authors: | John Collins |
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Institution: | School of Philosophy, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, UK |
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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. |
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