As to the traditional discussion on semantic externalism (often dubbed content externalism), some mental states, such as believing that water is wet, and fearing that the Queen has been insulted, have contents we can capture using 'that' clauses. The content externalist often appeal to observations found as early as Hilary Putnam's seminal essay, "The Meaning of 'Meaning'," (1975). Putnam stated that we can easily imagine pairs of individuals that are microphysical duplicates embedded in different surroundings who use the same words but mean different things when using them.
as to the traditional discussion on semantic externalism (often dubbed content externalism) some mental states such as believing that water is wet and fearing that the queen has been insulted have contents we can capture using 'that' clauses the content externalist often appeal to observations found as early as hilary putnam's seminal essay "the meaning of 'meaning'" (1975) putnam stated that we can easily imagine pairs of individuals that are microphysical duplicates embedded in different surroundings who use the same words but mean different things when using them