Apriorism
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Apriorism is a noun meaning (philosophy) The idea that some knowledge of the physical world can be derived logically from general principles.
Meaning
(philosophy) The idea that some knowledge of the physical world can be derived logically from general principles.
Example Sentences
The linguistic apriorism of Chomsky has stimulated some psychologists to search for nonlinguistic roots of language development.
What was needed for modern science to take shape was a renunciation of their bookish a priorism, with its Aristotelian notion that all things can be deduced by logical, abstract argument from (ultimately arbitrary) first principles.
Word Forms
- apriorisms
- a priorism
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include rationalism, intellectualism, philosophy, praxis, purposivism, transcendentalism.
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