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Philosophy of mind

the view that what a person's thoughts are about depends partly on their physical and social environment, not only on what is in their head.

In philosophy of mind, content externalism refers to the view that what a person's thoughts are about depends partly on their physical and social environment, not only on what is in their head. This meaning comes from Burge (1979) in Midwest Studies in Philosophy.[1]

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environment1 fields · 2 citationsanchor · a standalone construct head3 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs person3 fields · 6 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs

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Burge, T. (1979). Individualism and the Mental. Midwest Studies in Philosophy, 4, 73-121. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-4975.1979.tb00374.x

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