intuitionism

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L. E. J. Brouwer, for whom the theorem was named, founded a movement in mathematics called intuitionism.

From Scientific American • Aug. 27, 2018

Representationism could not possibly be avoided, neither could intuitionism be possibly fallen in with, on the analytic road which he took.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847 by Various

Utilitarianism tended to judge the moral act by its external, de facto results; intuitionism, on the contrary, attributed morality to the will of the agent.

From John Dewey's logical theory by Howard, Delton Thomas

We have seen above, that perceptional intuitionism tends to pass over into dogmatic intuitionism of some sort, even in the case of minds little developed.

From A Handbook of Ethical Theory by Fullerton, George Stuart

That moral intuitions are indispensable may be freely admitted even by one who demurs to the doctrine that intuitionism in some one of its forms may be accepted as a satisfactory theory of morals.

From A Handbook of Ethical Theory by Fullerton, George Stuart