Externalism, Self-Knowledge, and Skepticis

278 Pages·2015·1.84 MB·English

by  Goldberg, Sanford C.

Externalism, Self-Knowledge, and Skepticism
Writtenbyaninternationalteamofleadingscholars,thiscollectionof
thirteennewessaysexplorestheimplicationsofsemanticexternalismfor
self-knowledge and skepticism, bringing recent developments in the
philosophy of mind, the philosophy of language, and epistemology to
bearontheissue.Structuredinthreeparts,thecollectionlooksatself-
knowledge, content transparency, and then metasemantics and the
natureofmentalcontent.Thechaptersexamineawiderangeoftopics
inthephilosophyofmindandthephilosophyoflanguage,including2D
semantics,transparencyviewsofself-knowledge,andtheoriesoflinguis-
ticunderstanding,aswellasepistemologicaldebatesoncontextualism,
contrastivism, pragmatic encroachment, anti-luminosity arguments,
andtestimony.Thescopeofthevolumewillappealtograduatestudents
and researchers in epistemology, philosophy of mind, philosophy of
language,cognitivescience,psychology,andlinguistics.
Sanford C. Goldberg is Professor and Chair of the Department of
PhilosophyatNorthwesternUniversity.HispublicationsincludeAnti-
Individualism (Cambridge, 2007), Relying on Others: An Essay in
Epistemology (2010), and Assertion: On the Philosophical Significance of
AssertoricSpeech(2015).

Externalism, Self-Knowledge,
and Skepticism
New Essays
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Sanford C. Goldberg
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Contents
Listofcontributors ix
Acknowledgements xi
Introduction
sanford c. goldberg 1
Part1 FoundationsofSelf-Knowledge 17
1 LuminosityandtheKKthesis
robert stalnaker 19
2 SomequestionsaboutBurge’s“self-verifyingjudgments”
tony brueckner 41
3 Self-knowledge:therealityofprivilegedaccess
crispin wright 49
4 Contrastiveself-knowledgeandtheMcKinseyparadox
sarah sawyer 75
Part2 ContentTransparency 95
5 Furtherthoughtsonthetransparencyofmentalcontent
paul boghossian 97
6 Countingconcepts:responsetoPaulBoghossian
mark sainsbury and michael tye 113
7 Internalism,externalism,andaccessibilism
brie gertler 119
8 Theinsignificanceoftransparency
åsa wikforss 142
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viii Contents
9 Onknowingwhatthoughtsone’sutterancesexpress
gary ebbs 165
10 Anti-individualism,comprehension,andself-knowledge
sanford c. goldberg 184
Part3 MetasemanticsandtheNatureofMentalContent 195
11 Externalism,self-knowledge,andmemory
jordi fernandez 197
12 Externalism,metainternalism,andself-knowledge
jussi haukioja 214
13 Externalism,metasemanticcontextualism,andself-
knowledge
henry jackman 228
Bibliography 248
Index 260