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introspectibility

introspectibility is the alternative form of introspectability.

Meaning of introspectability

Noun

introspectability (uncountable)

  1. (object-oriented programming) The quality of supporting type introspection.
    • This shows, I think, that sensitivity to the argument from soft introspectability is an untenable halfway house; we must accept strict introspectability or nothing.2000, Roger Teichmann, Logic, Cause and Action, →ISBN, page 93
  2. The quality of being accessible to self-examination and awareness.
    • Introspectability cannot be the mark of the mental because one can introspect physical states, like indigestion or other internal physical events in the body.2007, UMI, Eliminative Materialism and the Distinction Between Common Sense and Science, →ISBN

Questions about introspectibility

What is introspectibility the alternative form of?
Introspectibility is the alternative form of introspectability.

Words near introspectibility in the dictionary

  1. introscopes
  2. introspect
  3. introspectability
  4. introspectable
  5. introspected
  6. introspectibility
  7. introspectible
  8. introspecting
  9. introspection
  10. introspection illusion
  11. introspection illusions

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