RichardKennaway comments on [Poll] Less Wrong and Mainstream Philosophy: How Different are We? - Less Wrong
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Externalism: The representational content of our mental states (e.g. what objects our beliefs are about) is dependent upon properties of our external environment, not just upon properties of our brain state.
Internalism: The representational content of our mental states is fixed by our brain state.
This looks like an unheard falling tree problem, the problematic term being "the representational content of our mental states".
Voted other for essentially this reason.