intuitivism means the doctrine that the ideas of right and wrong are intuitive. It carries an Arena rating of 1140, earned across 15 head-to-head judged battles.
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Why “intuitivism” is a great word
The philosophical doctrine that fundamental moral principles are known by a direct, non-inferential mental apprehension. From the English word 'intuitive' (pertaining to immediate understanding without conscious reasoning) and the suffix '-ism' (denoting a system, principle, or doctrine). First recorded in English 1865–70. Unlike empiricism, which roots all knowledge in sensory experience, or rationalism, which builds ethical systems through deductive reason, intuitivism posits an immediate grasp of moral truth as self-evident. It is the conscience that flares at a perceived injustice before any law is cited, the unshakable conviction that kindness is right, the sudden clarity of a moral dilemma resolved not by calculation but by an inner light—a stubborn faith that the deepest moral landscape is felt, not mapped.
Etymology
From intuitive + -ism.
noun
- The doctrine that the ideas of right and wrong are intuitive.e.g.“Without however going to any such extent as the above, almost all philosophers who are jealous of intuitivism are more or less driven to Hobbistic views on this part of moral philosophy[…]” — 1876, John Grote, A Treatise on the Moral Ideals:
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