apriorism
Definitions
The idea that some knowledge of the physical world can be derived logically from general principles.
Equivalents
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Examples
“The linguistic apriorism of Chomsky has stimulated some psychologists to search⟳ for nonlinguistic roots of language development.”
“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.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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