Externalism Definition

ĭk-stûrnə-lĭzəm
noun

Externality.

Webster's New World
Excessive concern with outer circumstances or appearances.
American Heritage
Too great a regard for externals.
Webster's New World
The belief that only things that can be observed by senses are real.
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Other Word Forms of Externalism

Noun

Singular:
externalism
Plural:
externalisms

Origin of Externalism

  • c. 1840 external +‎ -ism

    From Wiktionary

Externalism Sentence Examples

  • A third influential position which emerged during this realist period was semantic externalism.

  • Because of the popularity of content externalism, the need to resolve this tension is pressing.

  • Let us compare them with another form of epistemic externalism, an externalist theory of perception.

  • This last is the position that Dretske (1996) has labeled " phenomenal externalism.

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Words Starting With

EEXEXT

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MSMISM

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