Cosmothetic /(k?z`m?-th?t"?k)/
Cos·mo·thet·ic
Cosmothetic
a.
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Assuming or positing the actual existence or reality of the physical or external world. (Metaph.)
The cosmothetic idealists . . . deny that mind is immediately conscious of matter.
Phrases & Compounds
- Cosmothetic idealists
- those who assume, without attempting to prove, the reality of external objects as corresponding to, and being the ground of, the ideas of which only the mind has direct cognizance.