phenomenalisticadj.
/fᵻˌnɒmᵻnəˈlɪstɪk/, /fᵻˌnɒmᵻnlˈɪstɪk/, U.S. /fᵻˌnɑmənəˈlɪstɪk/ Philosophy.
Of, relating to, or characteristic of phenomenalism or phenomenalists.
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the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > empiricism > [adjective] > relating to phenomenalism
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1865 J. Grote Exploratio Philosophica Pt. I i. 92 A view more or less phenomenalistic is natural from the first to our manner of existence here.
1885 W. James Coll. Ess. & Rev. (1920) 277 Modern thinkers..for the most part obey a common drift..towards a phenomenalistic or idealistic creed.
1904 W. James Coll. Ess. & Rev. (1920) 446 Like empiricism, it is individualistic and phenomenalistic; it places truth in rebus, and not ante rem.
1975 New Left Rev. Nov. 33 Knowledge is restricted to what is known for certain; it is then shown, in a phenomenalistic analysis of perception, that what is known in perception is certain; only perception gives knowledge of things (principle of empiricism); hence knowledge must be what is given in perception.
1992 Isis 83 54 These concepts in turn had roots in the perception-based phenomenalistic monism of Mach.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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