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

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

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