detectivist

(dɪˈtɛktɪvɪst)

philosophy a person who holds the philosophical theory of detectivism

adj

1. philosophy holding the philosophical theory of detectivism; relating to detectivism

2. like that of a detective or of a detective story writer

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References in periodicals archive

The first, 'detectivist,' position, appeals to an inner perception-like basis, whereas the second, 'constitutivist,' appeals to the view that the special security awarded to certain self-knowledge is conceptual.

Prayer and Self Knowledge: A Religious Exploration of Descartes Philosophy

The traditional conception claims that the satisfaction of (a) and (b) is inconsistent with the possibility of a detectivist epistemology, which views the appearances as detecting the facts about the instantiation of categorical properties; but McDowell and Campbell may be denying this.

Reality, Representation, and Projection

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