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Definition of "objectual" [objectual]

  • Pertaining to that which is without; external; objective; sensible.

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

Use "objectual" in a sentence
  • "Ideas may have or represent or refer to an object and are called objectual [gegenständlich] or may be without object, objectless, empty [gegenstandslos, leer]."
  • "Marcus herself proposes the substitutional reading of quantification to skirt the need for non-actual possible objects (Marcus 1976), and later suggests combining it with objectual quantification over actual objects (Marcus 1985/86)."
  • "Some perceptualists might describe the proper intentional or representational content of experiences in less objectual terms by not naming what is represented in terms of ordinary objects like apples and tables."