transcendentalism
The transcending, or going beyond, empiricism, and ascertaining a priori the…The transcending, or going beyond, empiricism, and ascertaining a priori the fundamental principles of human knowledge.
» Philosophically spiritualism shows a strong tendency to develop into either panpsychism or transcendentalism.
Meaning
4 senses(countable, uncountable)The transcending, or going beyond, empiricism, and ascertaining a priori the fundamental principles of human knowledge.
(countable, uncountable)Ambitious and imaginative vagueness in thought, imagery, or diction.
(countable, uncountable)A philosophy which holds that reasoning is key to understanding reality (associated with Kant); philosophy which stresses intuition and spirituality (associated with Ralph Waldo Emerson); transcendental character or quality.
Transzendentalismus
(countable, uncountable)A movement of writers and philosophers in New England in the 19th century who were loosely bound together by adherence to an idealistic system of thought based on a belief in the essential supremacy of insight over logic and experience for the revelation of the deepest truths.
Transzendentalismus
- any system of philosophy emphasizing the intuitive and spiritual above the empirical and material
Examples
1 sentencesPhilosophically spiritualism shows a strong tendency to develop into either panpsychism or transcendentalism.
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Forms
plural: transcendentalisms| Singular | transcendentalism |
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Synonyms
1 synonyms- any system of philosophy emphasizing the intuitive and spiritual above the empirical and material:transcendental philosophy
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