Cosmothetic

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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