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brutely

adv

Etymology

From brute + -ly.

  1. derived from *gʷréh₂us✻ — “heavy”
  2. derived from brūtus — “dull, stupid, insensible”
  3. derived from brut
  4. derived from brut
  5. suffixed as brutely — “brute + ly”

Definitions

  1. In a rude or violent manner.

    • McDowell's paradigm for such a coercive relationship of world to mind is any account in which the world's impact upon us is brutely causal and that brute causal relationship is taken to have epistemic significance.

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