occurrent
- adjective
- /əˈkʌrənt/
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actual
- We tend, then, to think of our occurrent thoughts as being caused by a combination of our background beliefs, desires, and interests, together with current external stimuli.
- occurrent thought
- occurrent state
Examples
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And this seems to be in opposition to the idea that occurrent thoughts are produced by motor instructions.
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During the meeting, several occurrent issues were raised that needed immediate attention.
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For there must, after all, be something to be said in detail about how it is that your background states do produce an occurrent thought.
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Another related way in which this interwovenness is fundamental has to do with our sense of the ownership of our occurrent thoughts.
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So when things go wrong, as with the schizophrenic, with central monitoring, the sense of ownership of the occurrent thought will be disturbed too.
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It does seem to be fundamental to our ordinary psychological lives that our occurrent thoughts and long-standing propositional states are interwoven.
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I often have occurrent thoughts when I meditate, which help me focus on the present moment.
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The teacher encouraged the students to write down any occurrent ideas they had during the brainstorming session.
Synonyms
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1.0
Happening now at this time
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Happening or existing now
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3.2
Happening now, not in the past
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Occurrent comes from the Latin occurrere, from ob- 'toward' and currere 'to run', the same root as current, so an occurrent thing is like a 'running' event. That is why an occurrent happening is one that is 'happening now'.