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brute-fact

brute-fact adjective: brute fact (when used attributively).

Adjective

brute-fact (not comparable)

  1. brute fact (when used attributively)
    • The fact that we can agree about veridical perceptions with others possessing similar conceptual schemas is strong evidence that the brute-fact features of our perceptual experience have an important correlation with a certain given […]1982: Nicholas Rescher [ed.], American Philosophical Quarterly, volume 19, page 215 (Department of Philosophy, University of Pittsburgh)
    • I’ll call the third proposal for what grounds the Positive Epistemic Fact the brute-fact proposal, because it gives the Positive Epistemic Fact the status of brute fact.2008: Adrian Haddock [ed.] and Fiona Macpherson [ed.], Disjunctivism: Perception, Action, Knowledge, page 220 (Oxford University Press; →ISBN, 9780199231546)

Questions about brute-fact

What does brute-fact mean?
Brute-fact means brute fact (when used attributively).
What part of speech is brute-fact?
Brute-fact is an adjective.

Words near brute-fact in the dictionary

  1. brute forced
  2. brute forces
  3. brute forcing
  4. brute strength
  5. brute-de-forge
  6. brute-fact
  7. brute-force
  8. brute-forced
  9. brute-forcer
  10. brute-forcers
  11. brute-forces

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