intuitionist
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To an intuitionist, it would not be enough for me to tell you my proof showed that there must be some number with a particular property; they would want me to produce the number itself.
From Scientific American • Aug. 27, 2018
It is very interesting to note that one of our best critics of intuitionism, Hemy Sidgwick, was himself an intuitionist.
From A Handbook of Ethical Theory by Fullerton, George Stuart
With the general spirit of these utterances the typical intuitionist is in sympathy, although he need not assent to the doctrine of innate ideas, nor need he hold that all moral truths are equally self-evident.
From A Handbook of Ethical Theory by Fullerton, George Stuart
The philosophical intuitionist who accepts more than one ultimate moral rule must face the possibility that he will meet with a conflict of the higher intuitions to which he has had recourse.
From A Handbook of Ethical Theory by Fullerton, George Stuart
That is nearer right than the conclusions of many an inconsistent intuitionist!
From A Lie Never Justifiable by Trumbull, H. Clay (Henry Clay)
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