cognizer

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noun

One who, or that which, cognizes.

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Meanings

nouncognizer (plural cognizers)

plural cognizers

  1. 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

Origin

From cognize + -er.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with cognizer

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Cite this entry
APA

cognizer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cognizer

MLA

“cognizer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cognizer. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cognizer,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cognizer.

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