apriorism

[ ey-prahy-awr-iz-uhm, -ohr-, ey-pree-, ah-pree- ]

noun

, Philosophy.

1. belief in, or reliance upon, a priori reasoning, arguments, or principles.

apriorism

/ eɪˈpraɪəˌrɪzəm /

noun

1. the philosophical doctrine that there may be genuine knowledge independent of experience Compare rationalism sensationalism

Other Words From

• apri·orist noun
• a·pri·o·ris·tic [ey-prahy-, uh, -, ris, -tik], adjective
• a·prio·risti·cal·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of apriorism¹

1870–75; probably translation of Dutch apriorisme. See a priori, -ism

Example Sentences

Nor are the biologists quite satisfied with Spencer's reconciliation, between empiricism and apriorism, for, in the form he gave it, there is the tacit assumption that results of experience are as such transmissible.

From Project Gutenberg

His is a much simplified 'Apriorism.'

From Project Gutenberg

Because Review tries to avoid what Buckley calls "extreme apriorism," it has parted company with some dogmatic conservatives.

From Time Magazine Archive

In opposition to apriorism he seeks to show that experience is capable of yielding universal and necessary truths; that space, time, and causality are received along with the content of thought; that mathematics itself is based upon experience; and that the method of natural science, especially deduction, must be applied to the mental sciences.

From Project Gutenberg

He combats the apriorism of Kant in ethics as elsewhere.

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Related Words

• assertion
• assumption
• basis
• ground
• presumption
• proposition
• thesis