Transcendentalism
[trænsen'dent(ə)lɪz(ə)m,;,trɑːn-]
Definition
(noun.) any system of philosophy emphasizing the intuitive and spiritual above the empirical and material.
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Definition
(n.) The transcending, or going beyond, empiricism, and ascertaining a priori the fundamental principles of human knowledge.
(n.) Ambitious and imaginative vagueness in thought, imagery, or diction.
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Examples
- Some of them are named scholasticism, sensationalism, rationalism, idealism, realism, empiricism, transcendentalism, pragmatism, etc. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
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