cognizer en · NOUN
Etymology
From cognize + -er.
Meanings
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One who, or that which, cognizes.
So although McDowell takes experiences themselves to justify perceptual beliefs, this task always requires the cognizer to form beliefs or judgments about how the world appears to him (henceforth, ‘appearance beliefs’).
2008 September 12, Hamid Vahid, “Experience and the Space of Reasons: The Problem of Non-Doxastic Justification”, in Erkenntnis, volume 69, number 3, →DOI:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| cognizers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |