extraspect
extraspect verb: to observe or perceive sensory stimuli, as opposed to internal states.
Verb
extraspect (third-person singular simple present extraspects, present participle extraspecting, simple past and past participle extraspected)
- To observe or perceive sensory stimuli, as opposed to internal states.
- To extraspect what is going on in people's minds bears various dissemblances from observing what is going on in the world of material objects.1963, Margaret Chatterjee, Our Knowledge of Other Selves, page 108
- Considered as a theory of introspection, the view which Charlie was expounding in 'Low Claim Assertions' and which I incorporated into my refutation of the phenomenological fallacy in 'Is Consciousness a Brain Process?', may be described as 'the linguistic by-product theory of introspection', the...2013, J. Heil, Cause, Mind, and Reality: Essays Honoring C.B. Martin, page 132
Forms of extraspect
| third-person singular present | extraspects |
|---|---|
| present participle | extraspecting |
| past participle | extraspected |
| past | extraspected |
Origin of extraspect
From extra- + -spect.
Words formed from extraspect
Questions about extraspect
- What does extraspect mean?
- Extraspect means to observe or perceive sensory stimuli, as opposed to internal states.
- What part of speech is extraspect?
- Extraspect is a verb.
- What is the past tense of extraspect?
- The past tense of extraspect is extraspected.
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