单词 | anthroponomy |
释义 | anthroponomyn. 1. In the philosophy of Kant: a moral system derived from abstract reasoning rather than empirical study. rare. ΚΠ 1799 tr. I. Kant Metaphysic of Morals II. p. xlv The anthropology, which proceeds from mere cognitions of experience, cannot injure the anthroponomy [Ger. Anthroponomie], which is erected by the unconditional legislative reason. 2003 G. Banham Kant's Pract. Philos. vii. 206 The union of these two pure feelings together marks an acme of the treatment of anthroponomy. ΘΚΠ the world > people > science of mankind > [noun] > anthropology > theories in anthroponomy1811 environmental determinism1892 biologism1912 environmentalism1917 diffusionism1918 monoanthropism1950 1811 New Ann. Reg. 1810 Foreign Lit. 377/1 In the second [volume] he [sc. ‘G. Liebesh’] applies the different phænomena of life, sensation, reason, and the other internal senses and sensations: and to this branch of his subject he has given the name of anthroponomy. 1857 R. Dunglison Med. Lexicon (rev. ed.) 71/1 Anthroponomy..,a knowledge of the special laws which preside over the functions of the human body in action. 1884 A. Lalauze tr. J. A. Brillat-Savarin Physiologie du Goût xix. 283 Certain uncommon phenomena accompany sometimes sleep and dreams; their examination may serve to advance the progress of anthroponomy. [Note] One of the words coined by our author, meaning ‘the knowledge of man’. 1925 Amer. Jrnl. Psychol. 36 286 In the present paper we shall seek to justify the use of a new name for the scientific study of human nature...Anthroponomy is the science of the laws which govern human action—the science of human nature. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1799 |
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