Internalism vs Internalist - What's the difference?
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The doctrine that a particular mental phenomenon, such as motivation or justification, has an internal rather than external basis
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, passage=In fleshing out the relations of perceptual justification and perceptual content attribution, both contenders thus grant epistemic internalism . }}
(philosophy) Holding that a particular mental phenomenon, such as motivation or justification, has an internal rather than external basis
* {{quote-journal, 2008, date=December 6, Sanford C. Goldberg, Reliabilism in philosophy, Philosophical Studies, url=, doi=10.1007/s11098-008-9300-7, volume=142, issue=1, pages=
, passage=For one thing, many people regard rationality as an epistemically internalist notion, whereas reliability is a paradigmatic example of an epistemically externalist notion. }}
(philosophy) A supporter of internalism
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, passage=Perhaps I will appear presumptuous and misguided in claiming to explain the debate between internalists and externalists, for some would insist that there are a variety of related debates that get discussed under the heading of internalism and externalism. }}