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apriorism

[ ey-prahy-awr-iz-uhm, -ohr-, ey-pree-, ah-pree- ]

noun

Philosophy.
  1. belief in, or reliance upon, a priori reasoning, arguments, or principles.


apriorism

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noun

  1. the philosophical doctrine that there may be genuine knowledge independent of experience Compare rationalism sensationalism
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

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  • ²¹Â·±è°ù¾±Â·´Ç·°ù¾±²õ·³Ù¾±³¦ [ey-prahy-, uh, -, ris, -tik], adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of apriorism1

1870–75; probably translation of Dutch apriorisme. See a priori, -ism
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Nor are the biologists quite satisfied with Spencer's reconciliation, between empiricism and apriorism, for, in the form he gave it, there is the tacit assumption that results of experience are as such transmissible.

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His is a much simplified 'Apriorism.'

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Because Review tries to avoid what Buckley calls "extreme apriorism," it has parted company with some dogmatic conservatives.

In opposition to apriorism he seeks to show that experience is capable of yielding universal and necessary truths; that space, time, and causality are received along with the content of thought; that mathematics itself is based upon experience; and that the method of natural science, especially deduction, must be applied to the mental sciences.

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He combats the apriorism of Kant in ethics as elsewhere.

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