otherwiseness

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

otherwise +‎ -ness

Noun[edit]

otherwiseness (uncountable)

  1. (philosophy) The quality of being otherwise.
    • 1973, Jadunath Sinha, A History of Indian Philosophy, volume 4, page 174:
      The invalidity of a cognition is the otherwiseness of its object, and is known by a sublating cognition. The illusory cognition of silver knows illusory silver, but does not know its otherwiseness.
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