Quote: meaning is not in the head; consider Twin Earth where water is really XYZ yet in 1750 everyone thought they were the same

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For the purpose of the following science-fiction examples, … In fact, apart from the differences we shall … Earth. … One of the peculiarities of Twin Earth is … very long and complicated. I shall abbreviate this … temperatures and pressures. … If a space ship from Earth ever visits … Earth and on Twin Earth. This supposition will … space ship will report somewhat as follows. "On … Now let us roll the time back to … You may suppose that there is no belief … [on Earth] had about water that Oscar_2 [on Twin Earth] did not have about … Yet the extension of the term 'water' was … term 'water' was just as much XYZ on … [fixed by their microstructures]. Oscar_1 and Oscar_2 understood the term 'water' differently in 1750 … Thus the extension of the term 'water' (and, … of the psychological state of the speaker by … [p. 311] Cut the pie any way you like, …   Google-1   Google-2

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