Externalist

Origin

external + -ist

Full definition of externalist

Adjective

1. (epistemology) Contending that there are non-internal factors which can affect the justificatory status of a belief
• August 30, One possible way out would be to appeal to some suitable form of externalist epistemology— based e.g. on facts about reliable empirical connections between the creatures’ responsive dispositions and the content of their experiences—to try to explain just how the content of perceptual experiences informs these subjects’ intentional behaviour.

Coordinate terms

• internalist

Noun

1. One who adheres to externalist beliefs