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Brains in a Vat, Subjectivity, and the Causal Theory of Reference

Journal of Philosophical Research 17:313-345 (1992)

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Duplicating thoughts.Kirk Ludwig - 1996 - Mind and Language 11 (1):92-102.details Suppose that a physical duplicate of me, right down to the arrangements of subatomic particles, comes into existence at the time at which I finish this sentence. Suppose that it comes into existence by chance, or at least by a causal process entirely unconnected with me. It might be so situated that it, too, is seated in front of a computer, and finishes this paragraph and paper, or a corresponding one, just as I do. (i) Would it have the same (...) Download Export citation Bookmark 1 citation
Externalism and skepticism.Keith Butler - 1998 - Dialogue 37 (1):13-34.details The argument that has inspired much of the recent discussion of the logical relationship between these views is found in Putnam : If externalism is true, then if S were a brain in a vat, S’s utterances of the sentence “I am a brain in a vat” would not express the proposition that S is a brain in a vat. S’s use of the words “brain” and “vat” would not refer to a real brain or vat, just as, in a (...) Download Export citation Bookmark 1 citation
Externalism and Scepticism.Keith Butler - 1998 - Dialogue 37 (1):13-34.details The argument that has inspired much of the recent discussion of the logical relationship between these views is found in Putnam : If externalism is true, then if S were a brain in a vat, S’s utterances of the sentence “I am a brain in a vat” would not express the proposition that S is a brain in a vat. S’s use of the words “brain” and “vat” would not refer to a real brain or vat, just as, in a (...) Download Export citation Bookmark 1 citation

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