speculative philosophy

American  

noun

1. philosophy embodying beliefs insusceptible of proof and attempting to gain insight into the nature of the ultimate by intuitive or a priori means.

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Etymology

Origin of speculative philosophy

First recorded in 1855–60

Example Sentences

The Abbasid rulers also faced religious divisions and criticism, even as the cosmopolitan nature of the caliphate sparked the growth of speculative philosophy and rationalizing thought.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

If “Clarissa” is an epistolary novel, then so, really, is “The Post Card” — and then half of “Tristram Shandy” is speculative philosophy.

From New York Times • Jan. 20, 2022

Neither speculative philosophy nor religious faith is satisfied with an abstract conception, about the correlate of which in Reality nothing is known or ever can be known.

From International Congress of Arts and Science, Volume I Philosophy and Metaphysics by Various

Hence we can see how these branches of speculative philosophy subserve the practical science of morals.

From Ontology or the Theory of Being by Coffey, Peter

Their speculative philosophy is theistic, for it starts from the conviction that there is a personal God.

From The Christian View of the Old Testament by Eiselen, Frederick Carl