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neo-Kantianism

American  
[nee-oh-kan-tee-uh-niz-uhm, -kahn-] / ˌni oʊˈkæn ti əˌnɪz əm, -ˈkɑn- /

noun

Philosophy.
  1. Kantianism as modified by various philosophers.


Other Word Forms

  • neo-Kantian noun

Etymology

Origin of neo-Kantianism

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

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But even if the rising tide of neo-Kantianism should cause the speculative mystics to be regarded with disfavour, nothing can prevent the religion of the twentieth century from being mystical in type.

From Light, Life, and Love : selections from the German mystics of the middle ages by Inge, William Ralph

But neo-Kantianism has developed on higher lines than those of physiological psychology.

From An Interpretation of Rudolf Eucken's Philosophy by Jones, W. Tudor (William Tudor)

The conviction that the rule of neo-Kantianism is provisional does not rest merely on the mutability of human affairs.

From History of Modern Philosophy From Nicolas of Cusa to the Present Time by Falckenberg, Richard