apriorism en · NOUN
Etymology
From a priori + -ism, after French apriorisme.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The idea that some knowledge of the physical world can be derived logically from general principles.
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.
2006, Philip Ball, The Devil's Doctor, Arrow, published 2007, page 51:The linguistic apriorism of Chomsky has stimulated some psychologists to search for nonlinguistic roots of language development.
1982, Dan I Slobin, in Eric Wanner & Lila Gleitman, Language Acquisition, p. 128
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| a priorism | alternative | lexicographic | |
| apriorisms | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (8)
el απριορισμός (the idea that some knowledge of the physical world can be derived logically) · it apriorismo (the idea that some knowledge of the physical world can be derived logically) · ca apriorisme (the idea that some knowledge of the physical world can be derived logically) · pt apriorismo (the idea that some knowledge of the physical world can be derived logically) · pl aprioryzm (the idea that some knowledge of the physical world can be derived logically) · gl apriorismo (the idea that some knowledge of the physical world can be derived logically) · de Apriorismus (the idea that some knowledge of the physical world can be derived logically) · fr apriorisme (the idea that some knowledge of the physical world can be derived logically)