phenomenalism

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"Every form of phenomenalism," asseverated a learned and energetic old gentleman, who for many years occupied a chair in one of our leading institutions of learning, "necessarily leads to atheism."

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  1. noun Philosophy The doctrine, set forth by David Hume and his successors, that percepts and concepts constitute the sole objects of knowledge, with the objects of perception and the nature of the mind itself remaining unknowable.

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  1. = French phénoménalisme; as phenomenal + -ism.
 

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/fəˈnɑmɛnəlɪzm/
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