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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The doctrine of the German philosopher Immanuel Kant (1724-1804), one of the most influential of metaphysicians.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The doctrine or theory of Kant; the Kantian philosophy.
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He enumerates six such component ideas: (1) nominalism, (2) utilitari - anism, (3) positivism (antimetaphysical scientific method), (4) kantianism (emphasis on the “practical reason” of the free will), (5) voluntarism of a Schopen - hauerian sort (ontological priority of the will over science), (6) fideism or Pascalian apologetics aimed at restoring religious faiths.
PRAGMATISM PHILIP P. WIENER 1968
jwjarvis commented on the word kantianism
determining ones duty in a situation
June 14, 2016