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

Dewey's criticism of intuitionism scarcely does justice to that method, whatever may be its inherent weakness.

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

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

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

It is very interesting to note that one of our best critics of intuitionism, Hemy Sidgwick, was himself an intuitionist.

From A Handbook of Ethical Theory by Fullerton, George Stuart