Skepticism Content Externalism Analysis

In “skepticism content externalism” by Brueckener section 2, the author makes multiple statements related to a vat brain. The author is trying to show multiple possibilities to a fundamental question. The fundamental question is, are we in a machine recreating and controlling our experiences, or are we in a real world just like this one that we describe as living and experiencing. The basic statements are broken down into the consideration of objects. How can meaning and feeling be attached to an object which has never been seen or experience before. These are given by three possibilities first experiences that the brain has had inside the virtual world, second signals being send to the brain which causes experiences to be assimilated with