The idea is that, for mental states such as fear, outward behaviour (e.g., running away, blanching, or cringing) does not constitute what it is to be in that state, as behaviourism would have it, but neither is such behaviour merely evidence of some completely private event.
There were "no outward signs of fear" such as vomiting or defecation in the Maiden's shrine, Wilson says, and the fact that she was found sitting in a cross-legged position surrounded by intact offerings suggests that she didn't struggle once inside.
But for the most part, there was little outward indication of fear or frenzy.
We were connecting at a deeply human level, a level not bound by any outward limitations or fears.
We also need to trouble how our suspicion, and how our outward displays of fears and anxieties impact others.
Fear spread outward from his chest, so that his arms felt light and useless, his stomach watery, and then his legs would not hold him up any longer.
But when Lois Nettleton (one of the great character actresses who made repeat appearances during the original show's run) said to him, "You sure have a face," she meant not only that he was physically attractive -- despite alarmingly big ears -- but that in his face she saw a complex mixture of fear, anxiety, outward turmoil and inner peace.
It is fear aimed outward: witness the pervasive discourse of threat at the recent Republican National Convention.
Anyway, as this all hit me, I realized the truly freeing thing about this spiritual journeying weekend — the Outward Bound, facing-the-fear-of-the-bungee-jump moment — would also be to leap onto a scale, as a man would.
When Washingtonians are gripped by fear, they rush outward, with bigger and more daring plans.
He knew more than any man should about both inward fears and their outward and visible signs.
