Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Excessive concern with outer circumstances or appearances.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
phenomenalism . - noun Attention or devotion to externals; especially, undue regard to externals, as of religion.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The quality of being manifest to the senses; external acts or appearances; regard for externals.
- noun (Metaph.) That philosophy or doctrine which recognizes or deals only with externals, or objects of sense perception; positivism; phenomenalism.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Excessive regard to outward acts or appearances, especially in religion. The denial of internalism.
- noun The act of judging by outward appearance or acts.
- noun The belief that only things that can be observed by senses are real.
Etymologies
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Examples
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But if externalism can be defined broadly enough to encompass Heidegger, Merleau-Ponty, Kripke, and Burge, still the comparison is strained when we take account of the different sources of ˜externalism™ in the phenomenologists.
Consciousness and Intentionality Siewert, Charles 2006
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This does not yet rule out externalism, which is compatible with this result if any of a number of different claims are true.
Reasons for Action: Internal vs. External Finlay, Stephen 2008
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He denounced in unmeasured terms the externalism of Pharisaic observance of the Law, and insisted on its spirit being observed as well as the letter.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913
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But this kind of externalism is not too interesting.
Externalism About Mental Content Lau, Joe 2008
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The comments are quite good as well, since the other interpretation is a kind of externalism due to ones knowledge depending upon context.
Down with Politics, Up with Cognition! Chris 2004
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I found Williamson's kind of externalism wherein knowledge is a basic mental state and not justified belief quite persuasive with a feeling that it probably is closer to the truth than anything else I've read.
Down with Politics, Up with Cognition! Chris 2004
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If active externalism is right, then the boundary cannot be drawn at the skull.
Two Essays on Mind (Alva Noe and B Alan Wallace) William Harryman 2009
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Can one extend active externalism to perceptual consciousness?
Two Essays on Mind (Alva Noe and B Alan Wallace) William Harryman 2009
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According to what Clark and Chalmers 1998 call active externalism, the environment can drive and so partially constitute cognitive processes.
Two Essays on Mind (Alva Noe and B Alan Wallace) William Harryman 2009
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You need to have a look at externalism and reliabilism in epistemology.
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