externalist
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- adjective
- /ɪkˈstɜrnəlɪst/
- Specialized
- The philosopher argued that an externalist view is essential for understanding how context influences meaning.
Examples
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"Externalist and ideological forces" (including a love-hate relationship with the Jews and the "threat of non-Europe") explain for Bernal the favorable South African reception of a book on the Semitic origin of Linear A script.
Academic text (1991) -
For the most part, however, Kramnick's readings largely favor the externalist approach.
Academic text (2018) -
So Ockham's razor should apply to the internalist rather than to the externalist position.
Academic text (2005) -
It is important for my argument that the object of an act, the finis operis, is to be described not in an externalist manner, but from the internal perspective of the agent.
Academic text (2009) -
In discussing language acquisition, the teacher emphasized the importance of an externalist perspective that considers social interactions.
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Many psychologists adopt an externalist framework to analyze how environmental factors shape individual behavior.
Surface Forms
Morphology
externalist = externalism (semi-transparent) = external + ist
Formation is a regular '-ist' derivation from the philosophical noun 'externalism', but understanding the precise philosophical sense requires knowledge of the specialized term.
Etymology
Externalist comes from external, with ex- meaning 'out', as in exit, and the ending -ist meaning 'someone who holds a view', as in artist. So, as an adjective, externalist describes a view that gives importance to what is 'outside' a person, like the environment.