Introspectability

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The quality of being subject to introspection.; The quality of supporting type introspection. uncountable

    "This shows, I think, that sensitivity to the argument from soft introspectability is an untenable halfway house; we must accept strict introspectability or nothing."

  2. 2
    The quality of being subject to introspection.; The quality of being accessible to self-examination and awareness. uncountable

    "Introspectability cannot be the mark of the mental because one can introspect physical states, like indigestion or other internal physical events in the body."

Example

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"This shows, I think, that sensitivity to the argument from soft introspectability is an untenable halfway house; we must accept strict introspectability or nothing."

Etymology

From introspect + -ability.

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