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    Supports→Davidson's triangulation argument is redundant if semantic externalism is invoked to rule out triangulation with automata

    Once semantic externalism is granted as the ground of determinacy, Davidson's transcendental move from triangulation to objective world-knowledge collapses into a restatement of externalist commitments already in play.

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    Davidson
    # Davidson Davidson most commonly refers to **Donald Davidson** (1917-2003), an influential American philosopher known for his work on the philosophy of mind and language. He developed important theories about how our thoughts connect to the physical world and how we understand meaning in language and communication. His ideas have shaped modern philosophy by challenging the view that the mind is completely separate from physical reality.
    Externalist commitments(as used in philosophy of mind)
    Philosophical assumptions or promises you've already made that meaning and knowledge depend on factors outside the individual mind.
    Objective world-knowledge(as used in epistemology)
    Knowledge about things that actually exist outside your mind, independent of what any individual person thinks or believes about them.
    Transcendental move(as used in epistemology)
    A philosophical shift that starts from something we know for certain (like our experience) and tries to figure out what must be true about reality for that experience to be possible.

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    determinacy(Game theory, infinite games)
    The property that for any game property φ, either player i has a strategy to force a set of histories satisfying φ, or player j has a strategy to force ¬φ; formally: {i}φ ∨ {j}¬φ
    knowledge(Distinguished from mere true belief, which may be the product of indoctrination and need not exercise deliberative capacities.)
    Justified true belief — true belief that has been arrived at through the exercise of deliberative capacities, including comparison of and deliberation among alternatives.
    semantic externalism(Referenced as a position supported by the water-is-H2O thesis; general treatment considered out of scope)
    The thesis that the meaning or reference of terms is determined at least in part by factors external to the speaker's mind
    triangulation(Davidson's transcendental argument for the existence of other minds and the external world)
    Davidson's concept of a three-way causal interaction between two subjects and a shared object or stimulus, held to be necessary for determinate thought and meaning

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