1910–1911
Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
TRANSCENDENTALISM (Lat. trans, across, scandere, climb, whence Iranscendere, to pass a limit) , in philosophy, any system which emphasizes the limited character of that which can be perceived by the senses and is based on the view that true knowledge is intuitive, or supernatural. The term is specially applied to Kant's philosophy and its successors which hold that knowledge of the a priori is possible. It is traceable as far back as the schoolmen of whom Duns Scotus describes as " transcendental " those conception…
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