apriorism
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- apriorist noun
- aprioristic adjective
- aprioristically adverb
Etymology
Origin of apriorism
1870–75; probably translation of Dutch apriorisme. See a priori, -ism
Example Sentences
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Because Review tries to avoid what Buckley calls "extreme apriorism," it has parted company with some dogmatic conservatives.
From Time Magazine Archive
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.
From Herbert Spencer by Thomson, J. Arthur (John Arthur)
Moreover, apriorism has not escaped from the empirical doubt about the future.
From Pragmatism by Murray, D. L.
He combats the apriorism of Kant in ethics as elsewhere.
From History of Modern Philosophy From Nicolas of Cusa to the Present Time by Falckenberg, Richard
If a third explanation can be thought of, it will not follow that apriorism is true.
From Pragmatism by Murray, D. L.
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