Semantic Localism and the Locality of Content

Author: Talmage C.J.L.

Source: Erkenntnis, Volume 48, Number 1, 1998 , pp. 105-115(11)

Publisher: Springer

Abstract:

Semantic localism is the view of meaning defended by Michael Devitt in Coming to Our Senses. In this paper I assess this view by considering how well it answers the concerns that led Akeel Bilgrami in Belief and Meaning to put forward his thesis of the locality of content.

Language: English

Document Type: Regular paper

Affiliations: 1: Department of Philosophy, 1866 Main Mall, E-370, Vancouver, B.C., Canada V6TIZI

Publication date: 1998-01-01

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