apriorism
See also: a priorism
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From a priori + -ism, after French apriorisme.
Noun edit
apriorism (countable and uncountable, plural apriorisms)
- (philosophy) The idea that some knowledge of the physical world can be derived logically from general principles.
- 1982, Dan I Slobin, in Eric Wanner & Lila Gleitman, Language Acquisition, p. 128:
- The linguistic apriorism of Chomsky has stimulated some psychologists to search for nonlinguistic roots of language development.
- 2006, Philip Ball, The Devil's Doctor, Arrow, published 2007, page 51:
- 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.
- 1982, Dan I Slobin, in Eric Wanner & Lila Gleitman, Language Acquisition, p. 128:
Translations edit
the idea that some knowledge of the physical world can be derived logically
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Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from German Apriorismus or French apriorisme.
Noun edit
apriorism n (uncountable)
Declension edit
declension of apriorism (singular only)
singular | ||
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n gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
nominative/accusative | (un) apriorism | apriorismul |
genitive/dative | (unui) apriorism | apriorismului |
vocative | apriorismule |