apriorism

See also: a priorism

English

Alternative forms

• a priorism

Etymology

From a priori +‎ -ism, after (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French apriorisme.

Noun

apriorism (countable and uncountable, plural apriorisms)

1. (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 2007, p. 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.

Translations

the idea that some knowledge of the physical world can be derived logically

• Galician: apriorismo (gl) m
• German: Apriorismus (de)
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• Italian: apriorismo
• Portuguese: apriorismo m