Kantian
[ kan-tee-uhn, kahn- ]
/ ˈkæn ti ən, ˈkɑn- /
adjective
of, relating to, or resembling the philosophy of Kant.
noun
an adherent of the philosophy of Immanuel Kant.
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Kantian
/ (ˈkæntɪən) /
adjective
(of a philosophical theory) derived from or analogous to a position of Immanuel Kant, esp his doctrines that there are synthetic a priori propositions which order our experience but are not derived from it, that metaphysical conclusions can be inferred from the nature of possible experience, that duty is to be done for its own sake and not as a means to any other end, and that there is a world of things-in-themselves to be distinguished from mere phenomenaSee also transcendental argument, transcendental idealism, categorical imperative, noumenon
Derived forms of Kantian
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