Meaning

1 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The idea that some knowledge of the physical world can be derived logically from general principles.

    Apriorismus

More definitions
  • belief in a priori principles or reasoning; specifically : the doctrine that knowledge rests upon principles that are self-evident to reason or are presupposed by experience in general.

Translations

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By meaning 1
the idea that some knowledge of the physical world can be derived logically:

Origin

From a priori + -ism, after French apriorisme.

From a priori + -ism, after French apriorisme.

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Forms

plural: apriorisms

See also

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