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In this episode of the Parker's Pensées Podcast, I'm joined by Dr. Sanford Goldberg to discuss his work on Hilary Putnam's reply to the brain-in-a-vat skeptical scenario. We discuss the idea that meaning just ain't in the head, i.e. content or semantic externalism, and much more. This was a really fascinating one and I hope to have many more conversations with Dr. Goldberg as he has thoughts on so many things!If you like this podcast, then support it on Patreon for $1, $3, or $5 a month. Any amount helps, and for $5 you get a Parker's Pensées sticker and instant access to all the episode as I record them instead of waiting for their release date. Check it out here:Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/parkers_penseesIf you want to give a one-time gift, you can give at my Paypal:https://paypal.me/ParkersPensees?locale.x=en_USCheck out my merchandise at my Teespring store: https://teespring.com/stores/parkers-penses-merchCheck out my blog posts: https://parkersettecase.com/Check out my Parker's Pensées YouTube Channel:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYbTRurpFP5q4TpDD_P2JDACheck out my other YouTube channel on my frogs and turtles: https://www.youtube.com/c/ParkerSettecaseCheck me out on Twitter: https://twitter.com/trendsettercaseInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/parkers_pensees/Time Is Running by MusicLFilesLink: https://filmmusic.io/song/6203-time-is-runningLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

In this episode of the Parker's Pensées Podcast, I'm joined by Dr. Sanford Goldberg to discuss his work on Hilary Putnam's reply to the brain-in-a-vat skeptical scenario. We discuss the idea that meaning just ain't in the head, i.e. content or semantic externalism, and much more. This was a really fascinating one and I hope to have many more conversations with Dr. Goldberg as he has thoughts on so many things! If you like this podcast, then support it on Patreon for $1, $3, or $5 a month. Any amount helps, and for $5 you get a Parker's Pensées sticker and instant access to all the episode as I record them instead of waiting for their release date. Check it out here: Patreon: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/parkers_pensees" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/parkers_pensees</a> If you want to give a one-time gift, you can give at my Paypal: <a href="https://paypal.me/ParkersPensees?locale.x=en_US" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://paypal.me/ParkersPensees?locale.x=en_US</a> Check out my merchandise at my Teespring store: <a href="https://teespring.com/stores/parkers-penses-merch" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://teespring.com/stores/parkers-penses-merch</a> Check out my blog posts: <a href="https://parkersettecase.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://parkersettecase.com/</a> Check out my Parker's Pensées YouTube Channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYbTRurpFP5q4TpDD_P2JDA" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYbTRurpFP5q4TpDD_P2JDA</a> Check out my other YouTube channel on my frogs and turtles: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/ParkerSettecase" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/c/ParkerSettecase</a> Check me out on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/trendsettercase" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/trendsettercase</a> Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/parkers_pensees/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/parkers_pensees/</a> Time Is Running by MusicLFiles Link: <a href="https://filmmusic.io/song/6203-time-is-running" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://filmmusic.io/song/6203-time-is-running</a> License: <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</a>

Ep. 127 - Content Externalism and Putnam's Anti Brain-in-a-Vat Arg. w/Dr. Sanford Goldberg

In our attempts to know and understand the world around us, we inevitably rely on others to provide us with reliable testimony about facts and states of affairs to which we do not have access. What is the nature of this reliance? Do testifiers simply provide us with especially compelling evidence? Should we regard the testimony of others as only so much more local data in our cognitive environment? Or is there a deeper sense in which much of our knowledge depends on others?In his new book, Relying on Others: An Essay in Epistemology (Oxford University Press, 2010), Sanford Goldberg argues for the striking thesis that in cases of testimonial knowledge, part of our justification in believing another’s testimony resides in the mind/brain of the testifier. This thesis runs counter to what Goldberg regards as a widespread and insufficiently examined premise at the heart of most views in contemporary epistemology, namely, individualism, which is the view that a believer’s justification never extends outside of the believer’s mind/brain. Goldberg argues that, over a significant range of cases, a believer’s justification depends upon irreducibly social factors, and thus that an individual’s justification sometimes resides in part in the cognitive processes of others. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSupport our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/philosophy

In our attempts to know and understand the world around us, we inevitably rely on others to provide us with reliable testimony about facts and states of affairs to which we do not have access. What is the nature of this reliance? Do testifiers simply provide us with especially compelling evidence? Should we regard the testimony of others as only so much more local data in our cognitive environment? Or is there a deeper sense in which much of our knowledge depends on others? In his new book, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/0199593248/?tag=newbooinhis-20" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Relying on Others: An Essay in Epistemology</a> (Oxford University Press, 2010), Sanford Goldberg argues for the striking thesis that in cases of testimonial knowledge, part of our justification in believing another’s testimony resides in the mind/brain of the testifier. This thesis runs counter to what Goldberg regards as a widespread and insufficiently examined premise at the heart of most views in contemporary epistemology, namely, individualism, which is the view that a believer’s justification never extends outside of the believer’s mind/brain. Goldberg argues that, over a significant range of cases, a believer’s justification depends upon irreducibly social factors, and thus that an individual’s justification sometimes resides in part in the cognitive processes of others. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>Support our show by becoming a premium member! <a href="https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/philosophy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/philosophy</a>

Sanford Goldberg, “Relying on Others: An Essay in Epistemology” (Oxford UP, 2010)