phenomenalism
[fi-nom-uh-nl-iz-uh m]
- the doctrine that phenomena are the only objects of knowledge or the only form of reality.
- the view that all things, including human beings, consist simply of the aggregate of their observable, sensory qualities.
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In other words, is Kants position subjectivism or phenomenalism?
A Commentary to Kant's 'Critique of Pure Reason'Norman Kemp Smith
In so far as subjectivism reduces reality to states of knowledge, such as perceptions or ideas, it is phenomenalism.
The Approach to PhilosophyRalph Barton Perry
Similarly a phenomenalism, like that of Hume, takes immediate presence to sense as the norm of being and knowledge.
The Approach to PhilosophyRalph Barton Perry
But he differs both from Malebranche and from Hume in that he develops his phenomenalism on rationalist lines.
A Commentary to Kant's 'Critique of Pure Reason'Norman Kemp Smith
Kants Critical position is more correctly described as phenomenalism than as subjectivism.
A Commentary to Kant's 'Critique of Pure Reason'Norman Kemp Smith
phenomenalism
- philosophy the doctrine that statements about physical objects and the external world can be analysed in terms of possible or actual experiences, and that entities, such as physical objects, are only mental constructions out of phenomenal appearancesCompare idealism (def. 3), realism (def. 6)
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Word Origin and History for phenomenalism
n.
1865 (John Grote), from phenomenal + -ism. Related: Phenomenalist.
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