idea of pure reason

American  

[ahy-dee-uh uhv pyoor ree-zuhn] / aɪˈdi ə əv ˈpjʊər ˈri zən /

noun

Kantianism.

1. any of the three undemonstrable entities (a personal soul, a cosmos, and asupreme being ) implicit in the fact of a subject and an object of knowledge, and in the need for some principle uniting them.

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Etymology

Origin of idea of pure reason

First recorded in 1810–20