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externalism Definition

ex·ter·nal·ism (ek stʉrnəl iz′əm, ik-)

noun

  1. externality (sense )
  2. too great a regard for externals

externalism Usage Examples

Preposition: with

  • respect: It is now easy to see what the corresponding form of externalism with respect to the concept of justification would be.

Adjective modifier

  • radical: Radical Externalism, session at the Toward a Science of Consciousness conference for 2005 in Copenhagen.
  • semantic: A third influential position which emerged during this realist period was semantic externalism.
  • content: Because of the popularity of content externalism, the need to resolve this tension is pressing.
  • epistemic: Let us compare them with another form of epistemic externalism, an externalist theory of perception.
  • phenomenal: This last is the position that Dretske ( 1996 ) has labeled " phenomenal externalism.