mediatenessn.
/ˈmiːdɪətnəs/, U.S. /ˈmidiətnəs/ The quality of being mediate or mediated; indirectness, lack of immediacy.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > knowledge, what is known > [noun] > obtained by inference > quality of
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the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > epistemology > [noun] > cognition > quality of being mediate
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1704 J. Norris Ess. Ideal World II. iii. 146 The..mediateness of our conception.
1848 Biblical Repertory Oct. 583 Logic divides itself into three parts;..2. Thought in its reflexion and mediateness.
1878 Mind 7 60 Like all true dialectical negatives, it is higher than that which it negates, containing mediateness as one of its moments.
1927 Jrnl. Philos. 24 238 It is the mediateness of knowledge that is stressed.
1992 Philos. Q. 42 128 He admits that Protestants believe in the mediation of Jesus Christ; but that, he thinks, is the only mediateness they believe in.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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