otherwiseness

English

Etymology

otherwise +‎ -ness

Noun

otherwiseness (uncountable)

1. (philosophy) The quality of being otherwise.
   • 1973, Jadunath Sinha, A History of Indian Philosophy, volume 4, page 174:

     The invalidity of a cognition is the otherwiseness of its object, and is known by a sublating cognition. The illusory cognition of silver knows illusory silver, but does not know its otherwiseness.