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

If intuitionism in all its forms is to be rejected, it seems as though it must be done upon some other ground than an appeal to evolution.

From A Handbook of Ethical Theory by Fullerton, George Stuart

Schiller, F. C. S.—Humanism, intuitionism, and objective reality.

From The pragmatic theory of truth as developed by Peirce, James, and Dewey by Geyer, Delton Loring

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

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