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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Cosmothetic \Cos`mo*thet"ic\ (k?z`m?-th?t"?k), a. [Gr. ko`smos
universe + ??? to place or arrange.] (Metaph.)
Assuming or positing the actual existence or reality of the
physical or external world.
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{Cosmothetic idealists} (Metaph.), 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.
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The cosmothetic idealists . . . deny that mind is
immediately conscious of matter. --Sir W.
Hamilton.
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