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idea of pure reason

[ ahy-dee-uhuhv pyoor-ree-zuhn ]
/ aɪˈdi ə əv ˈpyʊər ˈri zən /
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noun Kantianism.
any of the three undemonstrable entities (a personal soul, a cosmos, and a supreme being) implicit in the fact of a subject and an object of knowledge, and in the need for some principle uniting them.Compare ideal of pure reason.
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Origin of idea of pure reason

First recorded in 1810–20
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