apriorism
See also: a priorism
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom a priori + -ism, after French apriorisme.
Noun
editapriorism (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
editthe idea that some knowledge of the physical world can be derived logically
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Romanian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from German Apriorismus or French apriorisme.
Noun
editapriorism 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 |
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