introspectability
nounEtymology From introspect + -ability.
› The quality of being subject to introspection.
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Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Programming, Sciences The quality of supporting type introspection.
Object-oriented programming
- This shows, I think, that sensitivity to the argument from soft introspectability is an untenable halfway house; we must accept strict introspectability or nothing.2000, Roger Teichmann, Logic, Cause and Action, →ISBN, page 93:
- Besides the open question of the full introspectability of arbitrary application code, there is another mental obstacle: conventional programmers consider that dynamic symbolic models are mere gadget applications, “too slow and not professional" but this situation could change with the maturity of web-based scripting (like wikis, active technology, ...).2006, Jonathan Gratch, Intelligent Virtual Agents: 6th International Conference, IVA, →ISBN, page 155:
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- It includes subfactors such as introspectability, controlability, and notifiability of the Web service and of the platform, measured by both taking into account the possibility that these sub-factors can be achieved and whether they are actually achieved.2010, M. Papazoglou, Klaus Pohl, Michael Parkin, Service Research Challenges and Solutions for the Future Internet, →ISBN, page 162:
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Human sciences, Psychology, Sciences The quality of being accessible to self-examination and awareness.
- Introspectability cannot be the mark of the mental because one can introspect physical states, like indigestion or other internal physical events in the body.2007, UMI, Eliminative Materialism and the Distinction Between Common Sense and Science, →ISBN:
- Moreover, everyone will now accept that some aspects of our mental lives aren't even accessible to introspection. So transparent-access theorists need to provide an account o the distingction between those mental events that are, in principle, transparently accessible and those that are not. In effect, they need to provide us with a criterion of introspectability.2013, Peter Carruthers, The Opacity of Mind: An Integrative Theory of Self-Knowledge, →ISBN:
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- For example, is introspectability a necessary condition for presence to consciousness?2014, David Bennett, Christopher Hill, Sensory Integration and the Unity of Consciousness, →ISBN, page 342: