Extraspection

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The act process of extraspecting; the perception of that which is other than one's own internal state. countable, uncountable

    "But whoever is interested in the purpose-striving behavior, the emotional life and the internal states of man and of some higher animals cannot travel the road of extraspection exclusively: he must follow the path of introspection."

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"But whoever is interested in the purpose-striving behavior, the emotional life and the internal states of man and of some higher animals cannot travel the road of extraspection exclusively: he must follow the path of introspection."

Etymology

From extraspect + -ion.

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