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

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

And, like other forms of intuitionism, it has the merit of avoiding that short-circuiting which may easily prove seductive to the egoist or the utilitarian.

From A Handbook of Ethical Theory by Fullerton, George Stuart

Their theories vary in detail and have received sundry names; we will group them here for convenience under the general caption "moral intuitionism."

From Problems of Conduct by Drake, Durant

He acknowledges his debt to Kant, to the Romanticists, and in particular to Schelling, whose "intuitionism" was naturally congenial to him.

From Religion and Science From Galileo to Bergson by Hardwick, John Charlton