Intuitionism

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Philosophy The theory that truth or certain truths are known by intuition rather than reason.
  • n. Philosophy The theory that external objects of perception are immediately known to be real by intuition.
  • n. Philosophy The theory that ethical principles are known to be valid through intuition.
  • n. Philosophy The view that the subject matter of mathematics consists of the mental or symbolic constructions of mathematicians rather than independent and timeless abstractions, as is held in Platonism.
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  • n. An approach to mathematics/logic which avoids proof by contradiction, and which requires that, in order to prove that something exists, one must construct it.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Same as intuitionalism.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The doctrine of Reid and other Scotch philosophers that external objects are immediately known in perception, without the intervention of a vicarious phenomenon.
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  • n. (philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge is acquired primarily by intuition
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    philosophical doctrine    philosophical theory   
    Cross Reference
    intuitionistic    intuitionist   
    Variant
    intuitionalism   
     
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