external world
external world noun: the world consisting of all the objects and events which are experienceable or whose existence is accepted by the human mind, but which exist independently of the mind.
Noun
external world (plural external worlds)
- The world consisting of all the objects and events which are experienceable or whose existence is accepted by the human mind, but which exist independently of the mind.
- Human beings are able to form ideas that correspond in some way with a real world, outside of themselves. . . . [T]o each necessary relation a:b in human consciousness, there corresponds a relation A:B in the external world.1882, Josiah Royce, “Mind and Reality”, in Mind, volume 7, number 25, page 30
- Is not a vast "background" of experience what we all really mean by an external world, or God, according to the mood we are in?1954, Daniel Cory, “God or the External World”, in The Journal of Philosophy, volume 51, number 2, page 61
external world meaning in Tamil
external world in Tamil
- புறவுலகம்
Forms of external world
| plural | external worlds |
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Words formed from external world
- problem of the external world
Questions about external world
- What does external world mean?
- External world means the world consisting of all the objects and events which are experienceable or whose existence is accepted by the human mind, but which exist independently of the mind.
- What is external world in Tamil?
- External world in Tamil is புறவுலகம். See External world meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is external world?
- External world is a noun.
- What is the plural of external world?
- The plural of external world is external worlds.
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