subjectivism
noun
the doctrine that all knowledge is limited to experiences by the self, and that transcendent knowledge is impossible.
subjectivistic
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a word derived from
subjectivism.
Example Sentences
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But a type of ethics still further removed from the initial relativism has been adopted and more or less successfully assimilated by subjectivistic philosophies.
From The Approach to Philosophy by Ralph Barton Perry
In so far as the monads are spiritual this doctrine tends to be subjectivistic.
From The Approach to Philosophy by Ralph Barton Perry
But as this term may perhaps lead to some misunderstandings, I will use it as little as possible here, and speak rather of subjectivism, and the subjectivistic point of view.
From The Will to Believe : and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy by William James
The argument for absolute idealism is a constructive interpretation of the subjectivistic contention that knowledge can never escape the circle of its own activity and states.
From The Approach to Philosophy by Ralph Barton Perry
In either case the subjectivistic principle of knowledge has been abandoned.
From The Approach to Philosophy by Ralph Barton Perry
