The late philosopher of mind and language Donald Davidson, despite his many differences of opinion with Putnam, wrote that semantic externalism constituted an "anti-subjectivist revolution" in philosophers' way of seeing the world.
Den framlidne medvetande- och språkfilosofen Donald Davidson skrev, trots sina många meningsskiljaktigheter med Putnam, att semantisk externalism utgjorde en "antisubjektivistisk revolution" i filosofers världssyn.