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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

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  • determining ones duty in a situation

    June 14, 2016