In a separate chapter, Devitt himself replies to the criticism. He defends his theory in terms of the new arguments presented here. This will help readers to better understand the nature of language and reality. Devitt, in opposition to Noam Chomsky’s orthodoxy, conceives of language as external rather than internal. He advances a causal account of the semantic properties of its expressions. On the other, he staunchly supports both common sense and scientific realism. weiterlesen