noninferential.

Not reached by reasoning from other beliefs or evidence.

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Words that belong together

• noninferential knowledge
• noninferential justification

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The philosopher argues that ordinary perceptual beliefs can have noninferential justification.

Usage notes

Primary category: analysis / argumentation / evidence. Forms: normally non-gradable; no ordinary comparative or superlative. Writing functions: inference, justification, comparison. Commonness: uncommon outside philosophy. Established English; no intensity assigned.