apriorism
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noun
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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
If a third explanation can be thought of, it will not follow that apriorism is true.
From Pragmatism by Murray, D. L.
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)
A postulate thus fully meets the demands of apriorism.
From Pragmatism by Murray, D. L.
But does it follow from the failure of empiricism that apriorism is true?
From Pragmatism by Murray, D. L.
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