Definitions for intuitionism
intuitionism
in·tu·i·tion·ism
Spelling: [in-too-ish-uh-niz-uh m, -tyoo-]
IPA: /ˌɪn tuˈɪʃ əˌnɪz əm, -tyu-/
Intuitionism is a 12 letter English word.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.
You can make 296 anagrams from letters in intuitionism (iiiimnnosttu).
Definitions for intuitionism
noun
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Ethics. the doctrine that moral values and duties can be discerned directly.
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Metaphysics.
the doctrine that in perception external objects are given immediately, without the intervention of a representative idea.
the doctrine that knowledge rests upon axiomatic truths discerned directly.
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Logic, Mathematics. the doctrine, propounded by L. E. J. Brouwer, that a mathematical object is considered to exist only if a method for constructing it can be given.
Origin of intuitionism
First recorded in 1840-50; intuition + -ism
Examples for intuitionism
intuitionism, whether capable or not of being disproved, is by its nature unsusceptible of decisive proof.
It attempts thus to supplant both egoism and intuitionism by the same doctrine of the organic union between individuals.
It is this truth that goodness and approbation are identical that intuitionism builds upon.
Dewey's criticism of intuitionism scarcely does justice to that method, whatever may be its inherent weakness.