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adverbialism

adverbialism noun: the view that perceptions do not have objects, so for example one "senses redly" rather than being aware of a red sense datum.

Noun

adverbialism (uncountable)

  1. The view that perceptions do not have objects, so for example one "senses redly" rather than being aware of a red sense datum.
    • I have considered a number of objections to adverbialism being true.2008 August 5, Uriah Kriegel, “The dispensability of (merely) intentional objects”, in Philosophical Studies, volume 141, number 1, →DOI

Origin of adverbialism

From adverbial + -ism.

Questions about adverbialism

What does adverbialism mean?
Adverbialism means the view that perceptions do not have objects, so for example one "senses redly" rather than being aware of a red sense datum.
What part of speech is adverbialism?
Adverbialism is a noun.

Words near adverbialism in the dictionary

  1. adverbialisations
  2. adverbialise
  3. adverbialised
  4. adverbialises
  5. adverbialising
  6. adverbialism
  7. adverbialist
  8. adverbialists
  9. adverbiality
  10. adverbialization
  11. adverbializations

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