Mind: A Brief Introduction (John R. Searle) / quote 12 of 138
Externalism and the stagnation of philosophy of language
Finally, more controversially, I think the philosophy of language has reached a period of relative stagnation because of certain common mistakes that surround the doctrine of so-called externalism, the idea that the meanings of words, and by extension the contents of our minds, are not inside our heads, but are…