ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Howness

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Howness is a noun meaning (philosophy) The state or condition of how a person, object, or thing is.

Meaning

(philosophy) The state or condition of how a person, object, or thing is.

Example Sentences

Because every being is determined by the what and the how and is unveiled as a being in its whatness and howness, its being-what and being-how, the copula is necessarily ambiguous.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include havingness, oughtness, thinghood, beinghood, homeness, beingness.

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