ontologism

American

[on-tol-uh-jiz-uhm] / ɒnˈtɒl əˌdʒɪz əm /

noun

Theology.

the doctrine that the human intellect has an immediate cognition of God as its proper object and the principle of all its cognitions.

Etymology

Origin of ontologism

First recorded in 1860–65; ontolog(y) + -ism

Example Sentences

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In place of Rosmini's "psychologism," which was advanced by Descartes and which leads to skepticism, he seeks to substitute "ontologism," which is alone held capable of reconciling science and the Catholic religion.

From History of Modern Philosophy From Nicolas of Cusa to the Present Time by Falckenberg, Richard

Together with this, there is also a levelling-up philosophy, a sort of modernized ontologism, which would attribute all natural intuition to a more immediate self-revelation on God's part than seems quite compatible with orthodoxy.

From The Faith of the Millions (2nd series) by Tyrrell, George

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