Externalist
adj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 One who adheres to externalist beliefs
- 1 Contending that there are non-internal factors which can affect the justificatory status of a belief
"One possible way out would be to appeal to some suitable form of externalist epistemology— based e.g. on facts about reliable empirical connections between the creatures’ responsive dispositions and the content of their experiences—to try to explain just how the content of perceptual experiences informs these subjects’ intentional behaviour."
Synonyms
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More examples"One possible way out would be to appeal to some suitable form of externalist epistemology— based e.g. on facts about reliable empirical connections between the creatures’ responsive dispositions and the content of their experiences—to try to explain just how the content of perceptual experiences informs these subjects’ intentional behaviour."
Etymology
From external + -ist.
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