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What does externalism mean?

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Noun
  1. Excessive regard to outward acts or appearances, especially in religion. The denial of internalism.
  2. The act of judging by outward appearance or acts.
  3. The belief that only things that can be observed by senses are real.
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Having established the principle which condemned religious externalism, Jesus went on to give specific examples of its practice.
By considering a series of examples, I shall attempt to exhibit as clearly as possible the fundamental intuition about epistemic rationality that externalism seems to violate.
It is curious how the superstition of externalism has affected many, even noble minds.
This weak externalism naturally expands into more robust varieties.
All versions of externalism have in common that intensions don't determine extensions.
The difference between externalism and internalism is that of watching a movie versus having a role in one and making up our own lines.

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