transcendentalism

tran·scen·den·tal·ism  (trnsn-dntl-zm)

n.

1. A literary and philosophical movement, associated with Ralph Waldo Emerson and Margaret Fuller, asserting the existence of an ideal spiritual reality that transcends the empirical and scientific and is knowable through intuition.

2. The quality or state of being transcendental.

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transcen·dental·ist n.

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transcendentalism [ˌtrænsɛnˈdɛntəˌlɪzəm]

n

1. (Philosophy)

a.  any system of philosophy, esp that of Immanuel Kant, the German philosopher (1724-1804), holding that the key to knowledge of the nature of reality lies in the critical examination of the processes of reason on which depends the nature of experience

b.  any system of philosophy, esp that of Emerson, that emphasizes intuition as a means to knowledge or the importance of the search for the divine

2. (Philosophy) vague philosophical speculation

3. the state of being transcendental

4. something, such as thought or language, that is transcendental

transcendentalist  n & adj

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transcendentalism

1. any philosophy based upon the doctrine that the principles of reality are to be discovered only through the analysis of the processes of thought, as Kantianism.
2. a philosophy emphasizing the intuitive and spiritual above the empirical, as the philosophy of Emerson. Cf. descendentalism. — transcendentalist, n. — transcendentalistic, adj.

See also: Philosophy

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

transcendentalism - any system of philosophy emphasizing the intuitive and spiritual above the empirical and material transcendental philosophy philosophy - the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics

Translations

transcendentalism [ˈtrænsenˈdentlɪzəm] N → trascendentalismo m

transcendentalism

n → transzendentale Philosophie, Transzendentalismus m