Otherwiseness

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The quality of being otherwise. uncountable

    "The invalidity of a cognition is the otherwiseness of its object, and is known by a sublating cognition. The illusory cognition of silver knows illusory silver, but does not know its otherwiseness."

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"The invalidity of a cognition is the otherwiseness of its object, and is known by a sublating cognition. The illusory cognition of silver knows illusory silver, but does not know its otherwiseness."

Etymology

From otherwise + -ness.

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